Misery

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

Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also dangerously unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged, and at her mercy.

James Caan

Paul Sheldon

Kathy Bates

Annie Wilkes

Richard Farnsworth

Buster

Frances Sternhagen

Virginia

Lauren Bacall

Marcia Sindell

Graham Jarvis

Libby

Jerry Potter

Pete

Julie Payne

Reporter #1

Thomas Brunelle

Anchorman

Archie Hahn

Reporter #2

June Christopher

Anchorwoman

Gregory Snegoff

Reporter #3

Misery the Pig

Self

John Michael Quinn

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Rob Reiner

Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Wendy Bowers

Waitress

J.T. Walsh

State Trooper Sherman Douglas (uncredited)

Jay Dee Witney

News Photographer (uncredited)