Movie Description
The Glass Shield
(1994)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Charles Burnett
- Producer : Thomas S. Byrnes,Carolyn Schroeder
- Writer : Charles Burnett
- Editor : Curtiss Clayton
- Cast : Michael Boatman,Lori Petty,Ice Cube,Erich Anderson,Bernie Casey,Richard Anderson,Elliott Gould,Victoria Dillard,Michael Ironside,Natalija Nogulich,Wanda De Jesus,Michael Gregory,Don Harvey,Ernie Lee Banks,M. Emmet Walsh,Thomas Babson,Monty Bane,Julio Oscar Mechoso,Sy Richardson,Linden Chiles,Tommy Redmond Hicks,Joseph Walsh
Cast
Dep. J.J. Johnson
Dep. Deborah Fields
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
D.A. Ira Kern
James Locket
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
Greenspan
Barbara Simms
Det. Gene Baker
Judge Helen Lewis
Carmen Munoz
Dep. Roy Bush
Dep. Jack Bono
Mr. Woods
Det. Jesse Hall
U.S. Marshall
Coroner
Assistant D.A.
Mr. Taylor
Sergeant Berry Foster
Reverend Banks
Councilman Ross
Posters
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Facts
Original TitleThe Glass Shield
Status Released
Release Information
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1994-09-16
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 49m
Production CompaniesCiBy 2000,Byrnes Schroeder Walker Productions
Genres
- Drama
- Action
- Thriller
- Crime
