Intimate Strangers (alternative title: Battered) is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written and produced by Richard and Esther Shapiro.
The film, starring Dennis Weaver, Sally Struthers, Tyne Daly and Larry Hagman, deals with the subject domestic violence and has received positive reviews since its release, acknowledged as "an outstanding social drama" by the TV Guide.
The next morning, she runs into an old friend Karen Renshaw, who once left town for Florida but is now working as a draftswoman after her divorce.
He returns home at night to a worried Janice, though instead of apologizing, he admits to his unloyalty in a rage, and starts beating her when she gets mad at him for the infidelity.
At the local gym, Mort's wife Marilyn, among others, notice that Janice has multiple bruises on her body, but she denies having a problem.
Even though Donald makes a convincing apology about his behavior, promising her to better his life, Janice attends a self-help meeting with other battered women.
She attempts to start a new life, which includes a job, though one night Donald breaks into his former home and both chokes and rapes his wife.
Despite his protests, Donald's lawyer is able to talk to Reems to get him a deal that would require him to plead guilty for 6 months' probation without jail time, a $500 fine, and a restraining order from his wife.