Misery poster
Director Rob Reiner
Screenplay William Goldman

Misery

Tagline: Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.

Release Date: 1990-11-30

Duration: 107 minutes

Synopsis

After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado home then forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

Casting

  • Kathy Bates
    Annie Wilkes
  • James Caan
    Paul Sheldon
  • Rob Reiner
    Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
  • Lauren Bacall
    Marcia Sindell
  • J.T. Walsh
    State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)
  • June Christopher
    Anchorwoman
  • Richard Farnsworth
    Buster
  • Julie Payne
    Reporter #1
  • Jerry Potter
    Pete
  • Frances Sternhagen
    Virginia