The Glass Shield

Story

Synopsis

J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, whom he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.

Director

Charles Burnett

Writers

Ned Welsh, Charles Burnett, John Eddie Johnson

Language

English

Country

France, United States of America

Release date

16 September 1994

Budget

$5,000,000

Box office

$3,291,163

Ensemble

Cast

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  Michael Boatman

  Dep. J.J. Johnson

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  Lori Petty

  Dep. Deborah Fields

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  Ice Cube

  Theodore 'Teddy' Woods

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  Erich Anderson

  D.A. Ira Kern

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  Bernie Casey

  James Locket

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  Richard Anderson

  Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

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  Elliott Gould

  Greenspan

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  Victoria Dillard

  Barbara Simms

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  Michael Ironside

  Det. Gene Baker

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  Natalija Nogulich

  Judge Helen Lewis

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  Wanda De Jesus

  Carmen Munoz

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  Michael Gregory

  Dep. Roy Bush