Dolores Claiborne (1995)

7.3/10 • 132 min • Crime Drama Mystery

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.

Cast

Kathy Bates

Dolores Claiborne

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Selena St. George

Judy Parfitt

Christopher Plummer

David Strathairn

Eric Bogosian

John C. Reilly

Const. Frank Stamshaw

Ellen Muth

Bob Gunton

Roy Cooper

Wayne Robson

Ruth Marshall

Tom Gallant

Searcher

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