<P> Jack Reed is a series of popular made for TV crime drama films fictionalizing the career of real - life Cook County Sheriff's Homicide Investigator Jack Reed . The first film, Deadly Matrimony, a two - part drama based on the Barbara Schaaf's non-fiction book about the Dianne Masters murder case, Shattered Hopes, was first broadcast in 1992 . It was written by Andrew Laskos, directed by John Korty, and starred Brian Dennehy as Reed . </P> <P> Deadly Matrimony was well - enough received that it was followed, the next year by Badge of Honor, also written by Laskos, and directed by Kevin Connor . Dennehy, who had pushed to get more films based on Reed's career made, was the co-executive producer . </P> <P> Further sequels, also starring Dennehy, were also all directed by him . </P>

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