The Glass Shield

1994

PG-13

1h 49m

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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.

Writers

Charles Burnett(writer by)
Ned Welsh(screenplay by)
John Eddie Johnson(screenplay by)
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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
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Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
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Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis
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Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
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Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
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Don Harvey
Dep. Jack Bono
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M. Emmet Walsh
Det. Jesse Hall
Thomas Babson
U.S. Marshall
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Monty Bane
Coroner
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Julio Oscar Mechoso
Assistant D.A.

Writers

Charles Burnett(writer by)
Ned Welsh(screenplay by)
John Eddie Johnson(screenplay by)

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Details

Release date

September 16, 1994 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

CiBy 2000
Byrnes Schroeder Walker Productions

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Box office

Budget

$5,000,000

Gross worldwide

$3,291,163

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