Blue Smoke is a 2007 American romantic drama television film directed by David Carson and starring Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle, and Scott Bakula. Written by Ronni Kern, based on the 2005 Nora Roberts novel of the same name, the film is about Reena Hale, a beautiful arson investigator whose boyfriends are murdered in fires set by a stalker who traumatized her years earlier. The film debuted February 12, 2007 on Lifetime.
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Plot
After watching a fire burn her family's Baltimore pizzeria to the ground, 11‑year-old Reena Hale (Witt) decides she wants to be an arson investigator when she grows up. And with the help of mentor John Minger (Bakula), whom she met during the investigation of her family's restaurant, Reena realizes her dream.
Years later, the grown up Reena buys a house in the old neighborhood, moving in next door to carpenter Bo Goodnight (Settle). As Reena and Bo embark on a relationship, a psychopathic arsonist from her past begins wreaking havoc on her life. Reena's stalker threatens her life, and those of her loved ones.
Cast
Alicia Witt as Reena Hale
Taylor Dauphinais as Young Reena Hale
Scott Bakula as John Minger
Matthew Settle as Bo Goodnight
Talia Shire as Bianca Hale
Eric Keenleyside as Gib Hale
John Reardon as Josh
Benjamin Ayres as Hugh
Chris Fassbender as Joey Pastorelli Jr.
Liam Nelson as Young Joey Pastorelli Jr.
David Lawrence Brown as Joe Pastorelli Sr.
Rod Heatheringston as Steve
Chad Nobert as Xander Hale
Peter Skagen as FBI Agent
Daniela Vlaskalic as Fran Hale
Production
The executive producers of the film were Stephanie Germain and Peter Guber; they were also executive producers for seven other Nora Roberts films for Lifetime in 2007 and 2009. Blue Smoke was filmed on location in Calgary, Alberta, Canada between October 30 and November 24, 2006.