Dolores Claiborne (1995)

03/24/1995 (US) • 2h 12m

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kathy Bates

Dolores Claiborne

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Selena St. George

Judy Parfitt

Vera Donovan

David Strathairn

Joe St. George

John C. Reilly

Const. Frank Stamshaw

Ellen Muth

Young Selena

Bob Gunton

Mr. Pease


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$13,000,000.00

Revenue

$46,400,000.00

Keywords

depression

child abuse

island

based on novel or book

detective

suspicion of murder

abusive father

melancholy

dysfunctional family

lawsuit

alcoholism

murder

maine

domestic violence

reporter

maid

anger

alcoholic father

macabre

angry

accident

abusive husband

anti-depressant

bank account

antagonistic

awestruck

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