The Glass Shield
1994, Film, 109 min, Crime, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 60
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.
Directed by Charles Burnett
Cast
- Michael Boatman as Deputy J.J. Johnson
- Lori Petty as Deputy Deborah Fields
- Erich Anderson as District Attorney Ira Kern
- Richard Anderson as Watch Commander Clarence Massey
- Thomas Babson as U.S. Marshall
- Monty Bane as Coroner
- Ernie Lee Banks as Mr. Woods
- Jean Hubbard-Boone as Mrs. Woods
- James Boyce as Paramedic #1
- Gaye Shannon-Burnett as Woman Driver
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