Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt Page #6

Synopsis: When the man who replaced Jesse as Paradise Police Chief was killed when his car exploded, Jesse is asked to return and he does. So he goes to the crime scene and the evidence leads people to believe that the man may have been corrupt. And Jesse, who didn't like him because he took his job, says that he is allowed the benefit of the doubt. Jesse finds himself alone because Suitcase and Rose left when the other Chief was there. Jesse suspects that Hasty might know something, and a guy is following Jesse.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Robert Harmon
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2012
90 min
364 Views


it made me feel... disloyal.

Oh.

So for what it's worth,

I'm sorry.

I'm very fond of you, Jesse.

Thank you.

I think I know

where this came from.

Where would that be?

Well, I couldn't face the fact

that a fellow cop was dirty,

that his drug deal went bad,

he knew too much,

so...

Yeah.

You've had a rough time.

Anyway... thanks for listening.

Oh, good news.

State Homicide thinks they found

a way into Butler's computer.

They should have everything

by this evening.

I guess...

it'll incriminate Butler.

It's gonna be hard

on his family.

Yeah. I'll walk you out.

Wait a minute.

Uh, Thelma-- come here--

you remember Jesse?

I do.

Thelma is in the process

of closing a very big deal,

a Bentley Continental.

Sweet!

Thanks, Hasty.

Nice seeing you, Thelma.

And you, Jesse.

I'm very fond of him.

We got to move it up.

I know I'm not speaking

in a foreign tongue.

The 24th is a no-go.

Um, 6:
00 tonight.

No, I know

that daylight is a risk,

but risk is the price you pay

for opportunity, my friend.

No, I don't want you

to tell them that.

Just tell them to be there.

Let me get that

for you, Mr. Hathaway.

No, this stays with me.

Thank you, Hal.

Will you be leaving us

for long, sir?

Just a couple of days.

A lot of luggage.

Yeah, well,

if my business

gets complicated

I may need to

extend my stay.

I would remind you

that it's...

none of your

business, Hal.

Thank you, sir.

I told you it wasn't Gino.

I told you it wasn't Butler.

The deceased shooter,

Arthur Gallery,

had no priors.

But he was

a person of interest in three

separate murders

in three different locations.

Now I could've told you all this

if you'd given me a name.

All I had was a traffic stop.

You could've called me sooner.

I wasn't sure what I had.

Besides, your people got

there in a timely fashion.

So what pushed you to Hasty?

Maintenance records

on the cruiser.

Hasty's shop pulled maintenance

on Butler's cruiser

two days prior.

So you used, uh...

what do you call it?

Carefully applied pressure.

From day one, he always assumed

he was smarter than me.

So you knew

he planted the money.

I had a hunch.

So in Jesse's world

there was certainty.

No.

But when I saw his eyes,

there was.

No word on Hasty.

From day one, I always assumed

I was smarter than him.

He's a resourceful

son of a b*tch.

He'll turn up.

If you say so.

Changed my mind.

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Robert B. Parker

Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre. Parker also wrote two other series based on an individual character: He wrote nine novels based on the character Jesse Stone and six novels based on the character Sunny Randall. Mr. Parker wrote four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first, Appaloosa, was made into a film with Ed Harris. more…

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