The Glass Shield

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The Glass Shield


Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama
Release Year: 1994
Country: USA, France
Runtime: 109
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Charles Burnett
Sound: Stereo
Taglines:

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


    • Writing by: Charles Burnett - writer
    John Eddie Johnson - screenplay "One of Us"
    Ned Welsh - screenplay "One of Us"

    Produced by: Michael D. Aglion - associate producer
    Pierre Andrieux - supervising producer: CIBY 2000
    Thomas S. Byrnes - producer (as Thomas Byrnes)
    Robert A. Merrill - associate producer
    Carolyn Schroeder - producer
    Chet Walker - executive producer
    Patrick Peach - co-producer (uncredited)

    Cast: Erich Anderson - Dist. Atty. Korn
    Richard Anderson - Massey
    Michael Boatman - Johnny J.J. Johnson
    Bernie Casey - Locket
    Wanda De Jesus - Carmen Munoz
    Victoria Dillard - Barbara
    Elliott Gould - Greenspan
    Don Harvey - Bono
    Tommy Redmond Hicks - Rev. Banks (as Tommy Hicks)
    Ice Cube - Teddy Woods
    Michael Ironside - Baker

    Music: Stephen James Taylor
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriffs Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions...
    Plot: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriffs 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, who he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    At the beginning, the title is given as "The Brain That Wouldnt Die." The end title card lists the title as "The Head That Wouldnt Die."

    Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: At the beginning of the film Johnsons training officer, Chuck Gilmore, gets upset with him for not ticketing the woman in the red convertible for speeding and Gilmore decides to take over the wheel himself. Immediately after that we see their car chasing the red convertible again with a brief shot during the chase of Gilmore sitting in the passenger seat.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:

    • Lena Horne initially campaigned to play the title role in this movie (she is light enough to photograph "white"), but in the end, the movie studio felt white American audiences would feel more comfortable with a white actress, especially since love scenes with a white actor were involved.
    • John Ford was the original director of the film, but after seeing dailies Darryl F. Zanuck felt Ford wasnt connecting with the material. Zanuck called Elia Kazan in New York and asked him to take over the film. Kazan felt he owed Zanuck for his film career, and agreed to do the movie without even looking at the script. He flew to Los Angeles and started filming the next Monday.
    • William Hansens feature film debut.



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