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Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Drama Crime Mystery

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

Release Date: 1995, March 24
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Countries: United States of America
Production: Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, Bob Gunton, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Wayne Robson, Roy Cooper, Kathy Bates, Eric Bogosian, Judy Parfitt, Frank Adamson, Ellen Muth

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book murder depression detective alcoholism antagonistic awestruck maid island abusive father macabre angry anger melancholy dysfunctional family child abuse maine domestic violence accident reporter suspicion of murder alcoholic father abusive husband lawsuit anti-depressant bank account