Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name. Roberts plays a woman who fakes her own death and moves from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa to escape from her controlling, obsessive and abusive husband, but finds her peaceful new life interrupted when he discovers her actions and tracks her down.

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Sleeping with the Enemy (disambiguation).

Sleeping with the Enemy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Ruben
Screenplay byRonald Bass
Based onSleeping with the Enemy
by Nancy Price
Produced byLeonard Goldberg
Starring
CinematographyJohn Lindley
Edited byGeorge Bowers
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • February 8, 1991 (1991-02-08) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19 million
Box office$175 million

Sleeping with the Enemy was released theatrically on February 8, 1991. It received generally negative reviews from the critics, but was a box office success, grossing $175 million on a production budget of $19 million. The film also broke the record at the time for the highest domestic opening for a film with a female lead, grossing $13 million on its opening weekend surpassing the previous record held by Aliens, which grossed $10 million in its first weekend.

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