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About
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.
Theatrical
Mar 24, 1995
Box Office
$46.4M
Budget
$13.0M
Return
3.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 26, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment
Keywords
child abuse
detective
based on novel or book
depression
island
abusive father
suspicion of murder
melancholy
lawsuit
alcoholism
murder
maine
dysfunctional family
domestic violence
reporter
maid
anger
alcoholic father
macabre
angry
accident
abusive husband
anti-depressant
bank account
antagonistic
awestruck
Cast
Full credits →K
Kathy Bates
Dolores Claiborne
J
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Selena St. George
J
Judy Parfitt
Vera Donovan
C
Christopher Plummer
John Mackey
D
David Strathairn
Joe St. George
E
Eric Bogosian
Peter
J
John C. Reilly
Const. Frank Stamshaw
E
Ellen Muth
Young Selena
B
Bob Gunton
Mr. Pease
R
Roy Cooper
Magistrate
W
Wayne Robson
Sammy Marchant
R
Ruth Marshall
Secretary
T
Tom Gallant
Searcher
F
Frank Adamson
Detective Supervisor
D
Dean Eilertson
Moving Man
