Kate Jackson and Brooke Nevin star in this Canadian thriller production. British Columbia’s busiest independent production company, Insight Film Studios produced an exciting new movie of the week, A Mother Behind Bars. This is just one of the many large-and small screen productions on Insight’s slate this year. A Mother Behind Bars aka A Daughter's Conviction aka The Perfect Suspect is a taut, nail-biting drama about a woman who has been imprisoned for the brutal murder of her husband.

Joanne "Jo" Avery is somewhat estranged from her difficult and charismatic mother Maureen. When beloved Seattle Tribune columnist and community hero Jack McBride is bludgeoned to death in his home, the only suspect is his wealthy wife of six months, Maureen Avery. Found passed out on a combination of antidepressants and alcohol, she has no recollection of the night in question. Although all evidence points directly to Maureen, her daughter Jo Avery sets out to prove her mother’s innocence. As her investigation deepens, it seems there’s no one in town who wasn’t somehow caught up in Jack’s scandalous secret life of gambling and womanizing. Now it’s up to Jo alone to figure out who’s guilty of Jack’s murder and to clear her mother’s name. The show began filming locally on September 14, 2006.

Directed by David Winkler and executive produced by Tim Johnson, A Mother Behind Bars stars Kate Jackson in the title role, Brooke Nevin (I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer) as Jo, and Steve Francis as Jack McBride.

The movie premiered  November 19th 2006 on the Lifetime Channel (Sunday Nov 19 09:00P).

OK-maybe I'm being biased because I'm such a huge Kate Jackson fan, but, I still loved this movie! The concept is very easy and very "lifetime": Joanne (Jo) is home for spring break in Seattle. What greets her? Her dead stepfather and her unconscious mother with a gun next to her. Looks bad, huh? And from the get go it is bad. Still, despite all evidence pointing to her mother (played in a very peculiar role by Kate Jackson) Jo sets out to prove that her mother is not the killer but a red herring. Oh, did I mention there are plenty of them in this movie? What most people need to remember first and foremost is this: it's on lifetime! If you know the formula, this one will be no different for you. But, this one is better than the average lifetime flick- great cast, a storyline that challenges the mind and an ending that will knock you flat on your rear-hey, did it to me! If you're looking for a mind-numbing no-brinier, this isn't your film. Looking for a mind-bending who-done it that has a great script and cast? Look no further-oh, and long live Kate Jackson!