The Glass Shield
4.9
109 minutes
9/16/1994
Overview
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 List
Michael Boatman
as Dep. J.J. Johnson
Lori Petty
as Dep. Deborah Fields
Ice Cube
as Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
Erich Anderson
as D.A. Ira Kern
Bernie Casey
as James Locket
Richard Anderson
as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
Elliott Gould
as Greenspan
Victoria Dillard
as Barbara Simms
Michael Ironside
as Det. Gene Baker
Natalija Nogulich
as Judge Helen Lewis
Wanda De Jesus
as Carmen Munoz
Michael Gregory
as Dep. Roy Bush
Don Harvey
as Dep. Jack Bono
Ernie Lee Banks
as Mr. Woods
M. Emmet Walsh
as Det. Jesse Hall
Thomas Babson
as U.S. Marshall
Monty Bane
as Coroner
Julio Oscar Mechoso
as Assistant D.A.
Sy Richardson
as Mr. Taylor
Linden Chiles
as Sergeant Berry Foster
Tommy Redmond Hicks
as Reverend Banks
Joseph Walsh
as Councilman Ross