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The Glass Shield

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.

1994 |1h 49m |  Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

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Cast

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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

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Monty Bane

Coroner

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Julio Oscar Mechoso

Assistant D.A.

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Sy Richardson

Mr. Taylor

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Linden Chiles

Sergeant Berry Foster

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Tommy Redmond Hicks

Reverend Banks

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Joseph Walsh

Councilman Ross

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000.00

Revenue

$3,291,163.00