the film tells of two brothers, one honest, one outlaw, who separate and cross paths later, on both sides of the law.one look at the cast and you know who's what.the plot is somewhat moralistic, as it includes a juvenile who is shown the right and wrong paths in life.today, it would be cliche: no gratuitous gore, sex, language, chases, crashes and few screams.i guess this is what would be known as an adult film, because only adults (who remember these actors) would appreciate how things were done in the '50s.and more's the pity in those days, less was more.an audience could enjoy one gunshot, one smile, one look and not get as bored as audiences do today when they see schwarzenegger, stallone, seagal, norris, etc., then ask gee, i wonder what he'll do next time that's better? even in the '50s, many films had class, today, it's all kitsch and glitz.thank god films last forever. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero-or the deadest of dupes.This is a terrific film with a terrific cast and an outstanding score by dmitri tiomkin who composed for many films, many of them western: high noon, the alamo.

Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trust-even he and the woman he's seeing are like ships passing in the night. For what is on the surface a quiet New England community quickly proves to be a crucible of political and moral corruption-replete with triple homicide, tight Boston mob ties, flamboyantly errant spouses, maddened militiamen and a psychopath-about-town who has fixed his violent sights on the new lawman. Once on board, Jesse doesn't have to look for trouble in Paradise: it comes to him. He can't help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he can't refuse. So he's shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, thirty-five-year-old Jesse Stone's future looks bleak. Night Passage The First Jesse Stone Novel Paperback Low stock only 3 left Delivery between Thu, 27 April - Tue, 2 May Author 1, Robert B Parker Book.

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