Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996)

Brian Dennehy, Charles S. Dutton, Susan Ruttan, Joe Morton, Anthony Zerbe ... see more  , Linda Carter , Nicole Crozier , Amos Crawley , D. Garnet Harding , John Bourgeois , J. Winston Carroll , Jeff Clarke , Allegra Fulton , Barbara Eve Harris , Adrian Hough , Larissa Lapchinski , Tom Masek , Dean McDermott , Denise McLeod , Frank Moore , Peter Outerbridge , Darryl Palmer , Martin Roach , Ralph Small , Michael Talbott , Ned Vukovic , Anthony Sherwood

In this fifth TV movie based on the character of incorruptible Chicago detective Jack Reed, Brian Dennehy once again wears two hats as both star and director. A multiple murder has occurred in a subur... read more ban cemetery in broad daylight. Most of the victims are Russian immigrants, whose friends and relatives refuse to cooperate in the investigation conducted by Jack Reed (Dennehy). As he pursues the case, Reed learns that the central figure in the mystery is a militant Russian who is organizing several of his fellow émigrés into his own army. Meanwhile, Reed must also contend with influential mayoral candidate Gordon Thomas (Joe Morton), whose minions are strong-arming the department to drop vehicular homicide charges against his son. Despite his tawdry surroundings, Reed retains his patented wicked sense of humor, especially when reciting the required Miranda rights while cuffing perpetrators ("You've got the right to cable TV, and the right to free counseling by Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.") Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance made its NBC debut on November 17, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi