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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 2, 1995
Box Office
$3.3M
Budget
$5.0M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 12, 2002
Director
Writers
Ned Welsh, John Eddie Johnson
Producers
Carolyn Schroeder, Patrick Peach, Chet Walker
Music
Studio
CiBy 2000, Byrnes Schroeder Walker Productions, Miramax
Cast
Full credits →M
Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson
L
Lori Petty
Dep. Deborah Fields
I
Ice Cube
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
E
Erich Anderson
D.A. Ira Kern
B
Bernie Casey
James Locket
R
Richard Anderson
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
E
Elliott Gould
Greenspan
V
Victoria Dillard
Barbara Simms
M
Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
N
Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis
W
Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
M
Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
D
Don Harvey
Dep. Jack Bono
E
Ernie Lee Banks
Mr. Woods
M
M. Emmet Walsh
Det. Jesse Hall
T
Thomas Babson
U.S. Marshall
M
Monty Bane
Coroner
J
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Assistant D.A.
S
Sy Richardson
Mr. Taylor
L
Linden Chiles
Sergeant Berry Foster
