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The Glass Shield

  • 19941994
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
3.5K
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Ice Cube, Lori Petty, and Michael Boatman in The Glass Shield (1994)
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CrimeDrama
Two cops become compelled to act against corruption and discrimination within their police precinct.Two cops become compelled to act against corruption and discrimination within their police precinct.Two cops become compelled to act against corruption and discrimination within their police precinct.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
    • Charles Burnett
    • Charles Burnett
    • John Eddie Johnson(screenplay "One of Us")
    • Ned Welsh(screenplay "One of Us")
  • Stars
    • Michael Boatman
    • Lori Petty
    • Erich Anderson
    • Charles Burnett
    • Charles Burnett
    • John Eddie Johnson(screenplay "One of Us")
    • Ned Welsh(screenplay "One of Us")
  • Stars
    • Michael Boatman
    • Lori Petty
    • Erich Anderson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    The Glass Shield
    Trailer 1:07
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    Ice Cube in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Ice Cube and Lori Petty in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Ice Cube and Lori Petty in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Ice Cube in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Lori Petty, Michael Boatman, and Jim Fitzpatrick in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Michael Ironside, Michael Gregory, Jim Fitzpatrick, Corbin Timbrook, and Gary Wood in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Lori Petty in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Lori Petty and Michael Boatman in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Michael Boatman in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Elliott Gould in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Michael Ironside and M. Emmet Walsh in The Glass Shield (1994)
    Michael Boatman in The Glass Shield (1994)

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    Michael Boatman
    Michael Boatman
    • Deputy J.J. Johnson
    Lori Petty
    Lori Petty
    • Deputy Deborah Fields
    Erich Anderson
    Erich Anderson
    • District Attorney Ira Kern
    Richard Anderson
    Richard Anderson
    • Watch Commander Clarence Massey
    Thomas Babson
    Thomas Babson
    • U.S. Marshall
    Monty Bane
    Monty Bane
    • Coroner
    Ernie Lee Banks
    Ernie Lee Banks
    • Mr. Woods
    Jean Hubbard-Boone
    • Mrs. Woods
    James Boyce
    • Paramedic #1
    Gaye Shannon-Burnett
    • Woman Driver
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • James Locket
    Linden Chiles
    Linden Chiles
    • Sergeant Berry Foster
    Janet Claire
    • Juror
    Victor Contreras
    • Mr. Cruz
    Wanda De Jesus
    Wanda De Jesus
    • Carmen Munoz
    Bill Dearth
    Bill Dearth
    • Guard
    Marcia del Mar
    • Mrs. Cruz
    Victoria Dillard
    Victoria Dillard
    • Barbara Simms
      • Charles Burnett
      • Charles Burnett
      • John Eddie Johnson(screenplay "One of Us")
      • Ned Welsh(screenplay "One of Us")
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Teddy Woods (Ice Cube) says. "Like the song says, 'My skin is my sin,'" which is the title of one of Cube's B-sides.
    • Quotes

      Detective Gene Baker: Save your judgements for when you make detective. In the meantime, just keep the traffic flowing.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Congo/The Glass Shield/Pocahontas/Fluke (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Black Man Sings the Blues
      Performed by Lance Eaton and Ernie Lee Banks (as Ernie Banks)

      Music and Lyrics by Stephen James Taylor, BMI

    User reviews19

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    8/10
    RE: Worst Film?
    How your comment makes the top response for this film proves not only how naive you are, but how culturally bankrupt and immoral this nation is. The fact is, there are pockets of Russia and China here in the US not on community levels, but in the government as well. You have never heard of SERPICO or Rodney King obviously, it is no surprising Americans are completely out of touch. They elect a man like Bush, who invades a hornets nest, indebted your children and grandchildren, and runs a police state media called Fox network. The US government installed Pinochet in Peru, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, then orchestrate his execution. You are saying there is no such thing as the mafia or corrupt police and racism is not real. This film shows and tests the police as humans. Not everyone likes being pushed around by the police and not everyone is as passive and out of touch as you, thank God, if he exists.
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    • Release date
      • June 2, 1995 (United States)
      • France
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • CiBy 2000
      • Miramax
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    • 1 hour 49 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo
      • Ultra Stereo

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