Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Christopher Plummer: Detective John Mackey

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• Selena St. George : Eighteen years ago, my father drank a bottle of scotch and fell down a well. Detective Mackey didn't think it was an accident, which is... why we're here today.

  Det. John Mackey : And what do you think, Selena?

  Selena St. George : I think I owe you an apology. I called you a son of a bitch. You said you thought we were a lot alike, and you were right. We both spent the past 18 years prosecuting this woman. We came out here- I know I did- believing she was guilty. We forgot this case is about Vera Donovan. Not my father.

  Det. John Mackey : And what if it wasn't an accident?

  Selena St. George : Look. It's been 18 years. I don't know what this has done to you, but let me tell you, it's consumed me. I have lived with this every day of my life. Every day. I was wrong and I won't do it anymore. And if I can say that, my God, can't you?

• Det. John Mackey : I'm sorry, but I think it's for the best if you got yourself some legal representation.

  Dolores Claiborne : You're sorry, are you? Bet the last time you were sorry was when you needed to use the pay toilet and the string on your pet dime broke.