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Dolores Claiborne (1995)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Taylor Hackford
  • Profile picture of Kathy Bates
    Dolores Claiborne Kathy Bates
  • Profile picture of Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Selena St. George Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Profile picture of Judy Parfitt
    Vera Donovan Judy Parfitt
  • Profile picture of Christopher Plummer
    John Mackey Christopher Plummer
  • Profile picture of David Strathairn
    Joe St. George David Strathairn
  • Profile picture of Eric Bogosian
    Peter Eric Bogosian
  • Profile picture of John C. Reilly
    Const. Frank Stamshaw John C. Reilly
  • Profile picture of Ellen Muth
    Young Selena Ellen Muth

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