The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield (1994) is a drama, action film directed by Charles Burnett rated 5.2/10.

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.

Cast

Michael Boatman

Dep. J.J. Johnson

Lori Petty

Dep. Deborah Fields

Ice Cube

Theodore 'Teddy' Woods

Erich Anderson

D.A. Ira Kern

Bernie Casey

James Locket

Richard Anderson

Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

Elliott Gould

Greenspan

Victoria Dillard

Barbara Simms

Michael Ironside

Det. Gene Baker

Natalija Nogulich

Judge Helen Lewis

Wanda De Jesus

Carmen Munoz

Michael Gregory

Dep. Roy Bush