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Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend.

19957.32h 12m

Overview

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

Directed by Taylor Hackford
Written by Stephen King, Tony Gilroy
Produced by Taylor Hackford, Charles Mulvehill
Box OfficeBudget: $13.0MRevenue: $46.4M

Top Cast

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Dolores Claiborne

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Selena St. George

Judy Parfitt

Judy Parfitt

Vera Donovan

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

John Mackey

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Joe St. George

Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian

Peter

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly

Const. Frank Stamshaw

Ellen Muth

Ellen Muth

Young Selena

Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

Mr. Pease

Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper

Magistrate

Themes & Keywords

depressionchild abuseislandbased on novel or bookdetectivesuspicion of murderabusive fathermelancholydysfunctional familylawsuitalcoholismmurdermainedomestic violencereportermaidangeralcoholic fathermacabreangryaccidentabusive husbandanti-depressantbank accountantagonisticawestruck

About Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne is a crime, drama, mystery film released in 1995 exploring themes of depression, child abuse, island, based on novel or book, detective, suspicion of murder. Directed by Taylor Hackford, it stars Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt. Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

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