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Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006 · 89 min

A slow-burning, melancholic crime drama with a worn-down charm, where small-town secrets and personal demons simmer beneath a calm surface.

Directed by
Robert Harmon
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Tv movie
Overview
A prequel to "Stone Cold", the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by a town council to become police chief of Paradise, MA, a small fishing town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of his predecessor whose death may be tied to a local domestic disturbance case, with connections to money laundering and murder involving some of the town's most affluent names as possible suspects.

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Directed by
Robert Harmon
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Tv movie
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • isolation
  • grief
  • justice
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, thriller, tv movie
Directed by
Robert Harmon
Written by
Tom Epperson
Starring
Tom Selleck, Saul Rubinek, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen Baldwin, Polly Shannon, Stephanie March, Mike Starr
Music
Jeff Beal
Cinematography
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Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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