The Glass Shield
1994 · ★ 4.8 · Dir. Charles Burnett
In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!
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.
- Released
- 1994-09-16
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Language
- EN
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Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson
Lori Petty
Dep. Deborah Fields
Ice Cube
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
Erich Anderson
D.A. Ira Kern
Thomas Babson
U.S. Marshall
Monty Bane
Coroner
Richard Anderson
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
Ernie Lee Banks
Mr. Woods
Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
Bernie Casey
James Locket
Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
Elliott Gould
Greenspan
