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Dominican Rep. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (TV)
- Original title
- Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
- Year
- 2012
- Running time
- 87 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Tom Selleck
Kathy Baker
Kohl Sudduth
Gloria Reuben
Stephen McHattie
William Sadler
Robert Carradine- Jeff Geddis
Saul Rubinek
William Devane- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. Action. Drama | Cop Movies. TV Movie
- Movie Groups
- Jesse Stone
- Synopsis
- Jesse Stone still misses the Paradise, Massachusetts police chief position, which he lost because the current town council president, Carter Hansen (Jeremy Akerman), wanted his son-in-law, William Butler (Jeff Geddis), to have the job. A suspicious police cruiser explosion kills Butler and DeAngelo (Vito Rezza). Curiously, the former town council president, Hastings "Hasty" Hathaway (Saul Rubinek), appeared to know about the incident before the current town council president was officially notified. Jesse is reinstated as "temp chief" by Hansen and uncovers apparent (but unproved) police corruption involving Butler. Jesse discovers a possible clue: the characters "2AH10" written on the April 24 page of Butler's desk calendar.
Jesse attempts to reassemble his team, starting with his deputy Luther "Suitcase" Simpson (Kohl Sudduth) and then longtime assistant Rose Gammon (Kathy Baker), but both have moved on to other pursuits after choosing to not work with Jesse's replacement, thus Jesse is left to solve the case himself. State Homicide Commander Healy (Stephen McHattie) also returns, along with Jesse's psychotherapist Dr. Dix (William Devane). Thelma Gleffey (Gloria Reuben) also remains in Jesse's life, and continues to work as a sales associate at Hasty's luxury car dealership. Gino Fish (William Sadler) is still in town as well, also still apparently in the illegal drug business while using his boxing business as a "front".
Along the way, Jesse discovers that the most likely perpetrator of the cruiser explosion, a former associate of Gino, has apparently hanged himself. He learns from Amanda (Christine Tizzard), Gino's executive assistant, that Gino "has a boss", whose identity is a mystery. An otherwise routine traffic stop adds an additional clue: there is an assassin, Arthur "Art" Gallery (Robert Carradine), who has been following Jesse. Despite finding a "deer rifle" in the car's trunk, Jesse lets the man go with a warning: "Don't follow me around!" The flashlight which was attached to the barrel of the "deer rifle" would have been illegal for hunting game, but would be quite helpful, if not mandatory, for the assassin's purpose, and Jesse made a note of that.
To integrate all these seemingly disparate clues and to get to the truth, Jesse employs "carefully applied pressure" to former town council president and ex-felon Hasty (and ultimately exposing Hasty as the true drug kingpin and Gino's boss).
After Jesse asks Hasty about the 2AH10 clue, Hasty panics and calls his people, telling them they have to "move it up" (presumably Jesse's murder, but also the scheduled April 24 drug sale). The events are rescheduled for later that day, although a daylight murder/drug sale is risky for all involved. ("Risk is the price you pay for reward", to paraphrase Hasty's orders to his people.)
At the shipyard, the assassin tries to murder Jesse, but Jesse tricks him into exposing himself and proceeds to take him out with five shots from his .45 ACP semiautomatic pistol, which is always at hand. (To paraphrase Jesse, from an earlier episode, "Fire at the center of mass and continue to fire until the threat is eliminated.") Hasty hastily escapes and is now "on the run" and wanted for drug distribution, money laundering and conspiracy to murder sworn officers and others.
In the end, Simpson returns and it is implied that Rose may return as well. As Hansen's beloved son-in-law has been proved to be corruption-free, it is also assumed that Jesse's position as chief is permanent, and not "temp chief" as Hasty preferred to call him (although when Jesse accepted this assignment, he replied to Hasty, "Not 'temp chief', just 'chief'", and Hansen did not demur.)- Movie Soulmates' ratings
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