
Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. In the course of working out the details of what has happened, as well as some shady questions from the past and Selina's troubled childhood, many difficult truths are revealed about their family's domestic strife. This is cleverly portrayed with present reality shot in cool blue tones blending seamlessly into flashbacks shot in vivid color. As small town justice relentlessly grinds forward, surprises lie in store for the viewers....
Christopher PlummerDet. John Mackey
Kathy BatesDolores Claiborne
Bob GuntonMr. Pease
Roy CooperMagistrate
John C. ReillyConst. Frank StamshawA fire on the set in Nova Scotia, Canada, caused one million dollars damage.
Dolores Claiborne:
If you say you're sorry one more time, I'll K I C K your butt up so high you'll look like a hunchback.
Errors in geography: Phone shows the area code 902 (filming location Nova Scotia), not that of Maine.
Written by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen
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