The film first aired on the CBS television network on May 20, 2012. 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 story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise, Massachusetts. 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. Based on the characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B. Some of the elaborate sets and outside settings here will be used again in future episodes, if they don't already look familiar to begin with! SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 CBS dvd box set.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.

This kind of story has been done many times, true, however the cast is excellent, including many supporting players.

Look for MUNSTERS co-star Pat Priest as a secretary. Watch Joe and him go at it! Veteran Herb Voland (as Terraro) is the most familiar face, long on BEWITCHED and as a general in several episodes of MASH. Richard Mulligan, a terrific actor and comedian in his own right, plays the 'concerned' psychiatrist. Meredith subsequently turned to acting in the 1950s, appearing in many tv shows and movies, including the Barbara Stanwyck cult shocker She originally began her career as an accomplished ice skater, before breaking her back and knee. Or is he nuts? Everybody has a little problem here that can be readily cured with millions of bucks at stake! Right? Meredith does a commendable job (as Carrie), add some MISSION IMPOSSIBLE type drugged out scenes to boot. Or is she nuts to begin with? Joe is assigned to the case by Wickersham, which also entails him investigating her fiance. Familiar stuff at work here, all about a wealthy woman (well played by Judi Meredith) slowly being driven insane.

Beyond shadow of doubt