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

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Synopsis:
A daughter who has come to imagine the worst about her mother learns the facts are quite different — and more shocking than she ever imagined — in this adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling novel. Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) has spent nearly a quarter of a century looking after a mean-spirited woman named Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt) on a small island off the coast of Maine; when Vera is found dead after falling down a flight of stairs, Dolores is considered a prime suspect in her murder. Word of the affair reaches New York-based journalist Selena St. George (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Dolores's estranged daughter. Though she's about to leave on an important assignment, Selena instead flies to Maine to find out what's happened with her mother. Selena's father, Joe St. George (David Strathairn), died under mysterious circumstances 15 years before; more than a few people believe Dolores killed Joe, and many feel she did the same with Vera. Though the strong and tough-talking Dolores stands her ground, police detective John Mackey (Christopher Plummer) is convinced that there's more to her story than she's letting on, and in time Selena learns the ugly truth about her mother's connection to both deaths. This was Kathy Bates's second starring role in a film based on Stephen King's work; she earned an Academy Award for her breakthrough role in the movie version of King's Misery. -- Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Written by: Tony Gilroy
Produced by: Gina Blumenfeld, Taylor Hackford, Michael Kelly, Charles Mulvehill
Original music by: Danny Elfman

Cast:
Kathy Bates .... Dolores Claiborne
Jennifer Jason Leigh .... Selena St. George
Christopher Plummer .... Detective John Mackey
David Strathairn .... Joe St. George
Judy Parfitt .... Vera Donovan
John C. Reilly .... Constable Frank Stamshaw
Ellen Muth .... Young Selena
Bob Gunton .... Mr. Pease
Eric Bogosian .... Peter
Roy Cooper .... Magistrate
Wayne Robson .... Sammy Marchant
Ruth Marshall .... Secretary
Weldon Allen .... Bartender
Tom Gallant .... Searcher
Kelly Burnett .... Jack Donovan
Matt Appleby .... Kid on Street
Thomas Skinner .... Kid on Street
Vernon Steel .... Ferry Vendor
Taffara Jessica Stella Murray .... Young Selena (Age 5)
Susan Lane .... Crying Girl
Frank Adamson .... Detective Supervisor
Ed Rubin .... Detective Supervisor
Sandy MacDonald .... Sheriff
Dean Eilertson .... Moving Man