The Glass Shield
“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.
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Cast
22 people
Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson
Known for
The Good Fight
Spin City
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
Known for
The Six Million Dollar Man
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Elliott Gould
Greenspan
Known for
American History X
Ocean's Eleven
Victoria Dillard
Barbara Simms
Known for
Spin City
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Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
Known for
Total Recall
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Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis
Known for
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Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
Known for
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Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
Known for
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Charles Burnett Director · Ned Welsh Screenplay John Eddie Johnson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.3M · Budget $5M · United States release June 2, 1995
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,291,163
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
CiBy 2000
Production
Byrnes Schroeder Walker Productions
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
United States · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 16, 1994
Theatrical
United States · June 2, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
December 13, 1995 · Physical
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