Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
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GenreCrime
Based onCharacters created
by Robert B. Parker
Written by
Screenplay by
Directed byRobert Harmon
Starring
Music byJeff Beal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerSteven J. Brandman
CinematographyDavid Gribble
EditorSteven Cohen
Running time87 minutes
Production companiesBrandman Productions
TWS Productions II
Sony Pictures Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseMay 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt is a 2012 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Robert Harmon and starring Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, and Kohl Sudduth. Based on the characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B. Parker, the film is about the police chief of a small New England town who returns from his forced retirement after his replacement is blown up in the town police car. The story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise, Massachusetts.

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt is the eighth in a series of nine television films based on the characters of Parker's Jesse Stone novels. The film first aired on the CBS television network on May 20, 2012.