The Glass Shield (1995)

06/02/1995 1h 49m

In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Michael Boatman

as Dep. J.J. Johnson

Born 10/25/1964, age

Lori Petty

as Dep. Deborah Fields

Born 10/14/1963, age

Ice Cube

as Theodore 'Teddy' Woods

Born 06/15/1969, age

Bernie Casey

as James Locket

Born 06/08/1939

Died 09/20/2017, age

Richard Anderson

as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

Born 08/08/1926

Died 08/31/2017, age

Elliott Gould

as Greenspan

Born 08/29/1938, age

Michael Ironside

as Det. Gene Baker

Born 02/12/1950, age

Natalija Nogulich

as Judge Helen Lewis

Born 10/01/1950, age

Wanda De Jesus

as Carmen Munoz

Born 08/26/1958, age

Don Harvey

as Dep. Jack Bono

Born 05/31/1960, age

Ernie Lee Banks

as Mr. Woods

Born 04/03/1935

Died 08/13/2006, age

M. Emmet Walsh

as Det. Jesse Hall

Born 03/22/1935

Died 03/19/2024, age

Julio Oscar Mechoso

as Assistant D.A.

Born 05/31/1955, age

Sy Richardson

as Mr. Taylor

Born 06/04/1941, age

Tommy Redmond Hicks

as Reverend Banks

Born 05/31/1962, age