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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012-05-19 · 87 min · ★ 6.8

Drama · Thriller · Crime · Mystery · TV Movie

Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

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Directors
Robert Harmon
Production companies
Sony Pictures Television, Brandman Productions, TWS Productions II
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tom SelleckTom SelleckJesse Stone
Kathy BakerKathy BakerRose Gammon
Kohl SudduthKohl SudduthLuther 'Suitcase' Simpson
Gloria ReubenGloria ReubenThelma Gleffey
Stephen McHattieStephen McHattieCommander Healy
William SadlerWilliam SadlerGino Fish
Robert CarradineRobert CarradineArthur Gallery
Jeff GeddisJeff GeddisWilliam Butler
Saul RubinekSaul RubinekHasty Hathaway
William DevaneWilliam DevaneDr. Dix
Jeremy AkermanJeremy AkermanCouncilman Carter Hanson
Christine TizzardChristine TizzardAmanda
John BealeJohn BealeDoc Perkins
John MaclarenJohn MaclarenJim Gammon
David ChristoffelDavid ChristoffelH. Henry Uppman
Brian HeightonStan
Christopher KillamSteven
Sheena LarkinSheena LarkinRose's Mom
Brian MacWilliamLuther's Dad
Robert RackiRobert RackiMr. Thompson

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