The Glass Shield
1994 · TMDB 5.2
Directed by Charles Burnett
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.
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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 th...
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- Runtime
- 110 min
- Released
- 1994-09-16
- Studio
- CiBy 2000
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 5.2
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Key contributors
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Charles Burnett
Director
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Ned Welsh
Writer
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John Eddie Johnson
Writer
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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