Jesse Stone Benefit Of The Doubt (2012)
When the man who replaced Jesse as Paradise Police Chief was killed when his car was blown up. Jesse is asked to return and 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 took over. Jesse suspects that Hasty might know something, and a guy is following Jesse.
Captain Healy: This is the best drink I've had since I was shot.
Jesse Stone: It's the only drink you've had since you were shot.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Toward the end of this movie Jesse Stone looks at his wrist watch. It's a close up shot and he's wearing a silver Rolex. The circumference of the watch is half red and half blue, with even numbers displayed 2 through 24. It's the same watch Tom Selleck wore in Magnum P.I. that originally belonged to his characters father. It can be seen in great detail in the fourth season episode "Home from the Sea" and throughout the Magnum seasons.
A couple of times Jesse Stone says that he knew he'd get his job back, not getting it back was out of the question as "fate wouldn't do that to me". The same quote is in the first episode of Magnum PI, when Selleck's character (Thomas Magnum) said he knew he'll be able to break into Robyn Masters' Ferrari and therefore get to live in the guest house and use the Ferrari. Not breaking into the Ferrari was out of the question as "fate wouldn't do that to me". Tom Selleck was co-writer of "Benefit of the Doubt" and probably liked that quote from his Magnum character 32 years earlier.
This is number 8 in the series of made-for-television films featuring Jesse Stone.
David Cristoffel played the character H. Henry Upmann which is also an Old Cuban Cigar Mogul "H. Upmann".
Continuity
Chief Stone makes a traffic stop on a car that has been following him. The driver pulls off his sunglasses and sets them on the dash. Then Chief Stone approaches the driver's door and asks for license and registration. The sunglasses are back on so the driver pulls them off and sets them on the dash a second time.
On the night that Jessie gets his job back, there is a thunderstorm and rain can be seen running down the closed window. Later, there is a shot of the ocean with what would seem to be a ray of the full moon shinning on it. The next morning, Jessie is awakened with sunshine on his face and the curtains can be seen blowing in the wind from the open window.
Factual errors
The Massachusetts automobile inspection sticker is on the wrong side of the windshield. The sticker has been on the right (passenger) side of the windshield since at least 1960.
During the scenes on the ship, Jesse Stone fires his Colt M1911 nine times before reloading. The magazine of the M1911 holds seven rounds. Furthermore, when Jesse changes magazines, there's at least one round left in the original magazine. He would not have changed magazines after the first four shots, knowing he would have three rounds left as well as he's very close to the man he's after, risking being exposed not ready and the sound would have revealed his position.
Revealing mistakes
When the Chief's car is engulfed in flames you can see the flames through the front grill and tell there is no engine in the engine compartment.
Errors in geography
When Officer D'Angelo is driving Chief Butler, before the explosion, you can briefly see a 70 mph speed limit sign. There are no posted 70 mph speed limits on Massachusetts rural roads. It's a Canadian 70 kilometer per hour (43.50 mph) sign.