Sleeping with the Enemy
“She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she's ever met. Her husband.”
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
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Cast
15 people
Julia Roberts
Laura Burney / Sara Walters
Known for
Pretty Woman
Notting Hill
Patrick Bergin
Martin Burney
Known for
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Patriot Games
Kevin Anderson
Ben Woodward
Known for
Rising Sun
Risky Business
Elizabeth Lawrence
Chloe Williams
Known for
Unbreakable
The Crucible
Kyle Secor
John Fleishman
Known for
The Purge: Election Year
Homicide: Life on the Street
Tony Abatemarco
Locke
Known for
Clockstoppers
The Shrink Next Door
Claudette Nevins
Dr. Rissner
Known for
Return to the Planet of the Apes
Police Squad!
Marita Geraghty
Julie
Known for
Groundhog Day
The Luck of the Irish
Nancy Fish
Woman on Bus
Known for
The Mask
Death Becomes Her
Harley Venton
Garber
Also in
Blood Ties
Clear and Present Danger
Sandi Shackelford
Edna
Also in
New Best Friend
Army Wives
Bonnie Johnson
Mrs. Nepper
Known for
Manhunt
The Last Song
Joseph Ruben Director · Ronald Bass Screenplay Nancy Price Author
Worldwide gross $175M · Budget $19M · United States release February 8, 1991
Box office
Budget
$19,000,000
Worldwide gross
$175,000,000
Gross vs. budget
9.2×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Leonard Goldberg Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · January 13, 1991
Theatrical
United States · February 8, 1991
Theatrical
United States
February 4, 1991 · Premiere · Westwood, California
Australia
March 28, 1991 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 8, 1991 · Theatrical
France
March 13, 1991 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
November 23, 2025 · TV · 6ter
Germany
March 7, 1991 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 17, 1991 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 22, 1991 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 29, 1991 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 1, 1991 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 10, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 12, 1991 · Theatrical
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