---
title: 'Dolores Claiborne (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Taylor Hackford'
released: '1995-03-24'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dolores-claiborne-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109642/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dolores Claiborne (1995)

1995 · 126 min · Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Dolores Claiborne is a 1995 American psychological thriller drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Eric Bogosian, and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles. The screenplay by Tony Gilroy is based on the 1992 novel by Stephen King. The plot focuses on the strained relationship between a mother and her daughter, largely told through flashbacks. The daughter arrives to her remote hometown on a Maine island, where her mother has been accused of murdering the elderly woman for whom she had long been a caregiver and companion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Taylor Hackford](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-hackford)
- **Producer:** [Taylor Hackford](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-hackford)
- **Screenplay:** [Tony Gilroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gilroy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gabriel Beristáin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-beristain)
- **Editor:** [Mark Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-warner-2)

## Cast

- [Judy Parfitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-parfitt)
- [Roy Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-cooper)
- [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer)
- [Wayne Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wayne-robson)
- [John C. Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-c-reilly)
- [Eric Bogosian](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-bogosian)
- [David Strathairn](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-strathairn)
- [Bob Gunton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-gunton)
- [Kathy Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-bates)
- [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-jason-leigh)
- [Ellen Muth](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-muth)

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