The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield (1994)

In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!

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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.

star 5.0 6.1 68%
  • Release Date: 1994-09-16
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Director: Charles Burnett

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Michael Boatman

      Dep. J.J. Johnson

    • Lori Petty

      Dep. Deborah Fields

    • Ice Cube

      Theodore 'Teddy' Woods

    • Erich Anderson

      D.A. Ira Kern

    • Bernie Casey

      James Locket

    • Richard Anderson

      Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

    • Elliott Gould

      Greenspan

    • Victoria Dillard

      Barbara Simms

    • Michael Ironside

      Det. Gene Baker

    • Natalija Nogulich

      Judge Helen Lewis

    • Wanda De Jesus

      Carmen Munoz

    • Michael Gregory

      Dep. Roy Bush

    • Don Harvey

      Dep. Jack Bono

    • Ernie Lee Banks

      Mr. Woods

    • M. Emmet Walsh

      Det. Jesse Hall

    • Thomas Babson

      U.S. Marshall

    • Monty Bane

      Coroner

    • Julio Oscar Mechoso

      Assistant D.A.

    • Sy Richardson

      Mr. Taylor

    • Linden Chiles

      Sergeant Berry Foster

    • Tommy Redmond Hicks

      Reverend Banks

    • Joseph Walsh

      Councilman Ross