actor

The Glass Shield

48 %|Sep 16, 1994|Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

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

Charles Burnett
Director
Armen Ksajikian
Musician
Charles Burnett
Writer
Ned Welsh
Screenplay
John Eddie Johnson
Screenplay
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Carolyn Schroeder
Producer
Penny Barrett
Production Design

Cast

actor
Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson
actor
Lori Petty
Dep. Deborah Fields
actor
Ice Cube
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
actor
Erich Anderson
D.A. Ira Kern
actor
Bernie Casey
James Locket
actor
Richard Anderson
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
actor
Elliott Gould
Greenspan
actor
Victoria Dillard
Barbara Simms
actor
Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
actor
Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis
actor
Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
actor
Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
actor
Don Harvey
Dep. Jack Bono
actor
M. Emmet Walsh
Det. Jesse Hall
actor
Thomas Babson
U.S. Marshall
actor
Monty Bane
Coroner
actor
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Assistant D.A.
actor
Sy Richardson
Mr. Taylor
actor
Linden Chiles
Sergeant Berry Foster
actor
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Reverend Banks
actor
Joseph Walsh
Councilman Ross