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TrailerThe movie focuses on rookie cop J.J. (Michael Boatman), the first black officer in his squad. Through J.J., the film examines several incidents of racist behavior amongst the cops and within the legal system.Actors: Erich Anderson, Richard Anderson, Thomas Babson, Monty Bane, Ernie Lee Banks, Michael Boatman, Jean Hubbard-Boone, James Boyce, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Bernie Casey, Linden Chiles, ...»Director: Charles BurnettCountry: United States, FranceDuration: 109 minQuality: HDRelease: 1994IMDb: 6.1Rating(1) Voted0 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Actors of "The Glass Shield"
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Characters of "The Glass Shield"
District Attorney Ira KernPlayed by: Erich Anderson
Watch Commander Clarence MasseyPlayed by: Richard Anderson
U.S. MarshallPlayed by: Thomas Babson
CoronerPlayed by: Monty Bane
Mr. WoodsPlayed by: Ernie Lee Banks
Deputy J.J. JohnsonPlayed by: Michael Boatman
Mrs. WoodsPlayed by: Jean Hubbard-Boone
Woman DriverPlayed by: Gaye Shannon-Burnett
James LocketPlayed by: Bernie Casey
Sergeant Berry FosterPlayed by: Linden Chiles
JurorPlayed by: Janet Claire
Mr. CruzPlayed by: Victor Contreras
Carmen MunozPlayed by: Wanda De Jesus
GuardPlayed by: Bill Dearth
Mrs. CruzPlayed by: Marcia del Mar
Barbara SimmsPlayed by: Victoria Dillard
Teddy Woods' GirlfriendPlayed by: Mkeba W. Dunn
Court ClerkPlayed by: LoveLeigh
Deputy Jim RyanPlayed by: Jim Fitzpatrick
BailiffPlayed by: Eric Fleeks
Mrs. MarshallPlayed by: Patricia Forte
GreenspanPlayed by: Elliott Gould
Deputy Roy BushPlayed by: Michael Gregory
Insurance Investigator Robert HillPlayed by: Jim Hardie
Deputy Jack BonoPlayed by: Don Harvey
Reverend BanksPlayed by: Tommy Redmond Hicks
DeputyPlayed by: Arthur Horst
Teddy WoodsPlayed by: Ice Cube
Jury ForemanPlayed by: James Ingersoll
Detective Gene BakerPlayed by: Michael Ironside
Mr. MarshallPlayed by: Kyle Scott Jackson
Buddy JohnsonPlayed by: Kimble Jemison
Judge SpeckPlayed by: Richard Kuss
Arraignment LawyerPlayed by: Michael R. Larson
Jane BakerPlayed by: Joanne K. Liebeler
CyclistPlayed by: Rod McFall
Mr. Harold JohnsonPlayed by: David McKnight
Assistant D.A.Played by: Julio Oscar Mechoso
Judge Helen LewisPlayed by: Natalija Nogulich
Deputy Deborah FieldsPlayed by: Lori Petty
Mr. TaylorPlayed by: Sy Richardson
RodrigoPlayed by: Al Rodrigo
Interpreter CastroPlayed by: José Ramón Rosario
Sheriff SergeantPlayed by: Ed Ruffalo
Insurance Investigator George BeatenPlayed by: Lee Ryan
The PunkPlayed by: Jason Saffran
JoycePlayed by: Greta Sesheta
Deputy Kurt SmithPlayed by: Corbin Timbrook
Councilman RossPlayed by: Joseph Walsh
Detective Jesse HallPlayed by: M. Emmet Walsh
Mrs. JohnsonPlayed by: Donnice Wilson
Sergeant Chuck GilmorePlayed by: Gary Wood
Investigating OfficerPlayed by: Biff Yeager -
Directors of "The Glass Shield"
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Creators of "The Glass Shield"
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Critic Reviews of "The Glass Shield"
Entertainment WeeklyJuly 06, 2010Ambition is something to respect in an artist, but Charles Burnett's police-corruption drama The Glass Shield is such a maladroit piece of filmmaking that its weighty themes and sclerotic tangle of a plot end up making it a trial to sit through.
VarietyMarch 26, 2009A powerful moral drama that tries to deal with the racism at the root of many problems in contempo American society.
Time OutJune 24, 2006The movie feels sketchy, as if Burnett chopped the flesh off his screenplay and left us only the bare bones.
Los Angeles TimesFebruary 13, 2001It's a rigorous, angry piece of work, but it misses out on the psychological depths that have made Burnett's previous films among the glories of recent American independent moviemaking.
San Francisco ChronicleJanuary 01, 2000An implausible, wearisome clunker trying to ring true but making only dull thuds.
Washington PostJanuary 01, 2000It has both ideas and a point of view. But the ideas are far from new, and the point of view is blatantly knee-jerk.
Ozus' World Movie ReviewsMarch 15, 2013An angry anti-cop message flick directed and written to be subversive by angry LA based indie filmmaker Charles Burnett.
EmanuelLevy.ComAugust 17, 2006Despite studio interference, it's still a decent film, and the association of a black man and a Jewish woman (as two outcasts) is a welcome addition to the genre.
Slant MagazineAugust 29, 2005Burnett uses a socially discomforting scenario that has only vague implications of deeper malice to initiate a brave portrayal of a Caucasian-centric sort of martial law.
Groucho ReviewsAugust 16, 2005The film's ambition makes Burnett's occasional overstatement easy to forgive.
Movie MetropolisAugust 13, 2005Credit writer/director Burnett for having the courage of his convictions, even if the outcome is a film that a lot of people will see as clichéd and stereotyped.
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAugust 09, 2005an entirely honorable - if inevitably doomed - attempt to reconcile Burnett's political and social concerns with the requisites of mass entertainment.
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