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Dolores Claiborne
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.
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Synopsis
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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Cast
Kathy BatesDolores Claiborne
Jennifer Jason LeighSelena St. George
Judy ParfittVera Donovan
Christopher PlummerJohn Mackey
David StrathairnJoe St. George
Eric BogosianPeter
John C. ReillyConst. Frank Stamshaw
Ellen MuthYoung SelenaCredits
- Directed by
- Taylor Hackford
- Written by
- Tony Gilroy, Stephen King
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $46.4M
Production
Castle Rock EntertainmentUnited States
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