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.
Cast
Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson
Lori Petty
Dep. Deborah Fields
Ice Cube
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
Erich Anderson
D.A. Ira Kern
Bernie Casey
James Locket
Richard Anderson
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
Elliott Gould
Greenspan
Victoria Dillard
Barbara Simms
Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis
Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
Don Harvey
Dep. Jack Bono
Ernie Lee Banks
Mr. Woods
M. Emmet Walsh
Det. Jesse Hall
Thomas Babson
U.S. Marshall
Monty Bane
Coroner
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Assistant D.A.
Sy Richardson
Mr. Taylor
Linden Chiles
Sergeant Berry Foster
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Reverend Banks
Joseph Walsh
Councilman Ross
Crew
Charles Burnett
Director, Writer
Ned Welsh
Screenplay
John Eddie Johnson
Screenplay
Curtiss Clayton
Editor
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Chet Walker
Executive Producer
Carolyn Schroeder
Producer
Thomas S. Byrnes
Producer
Michael D. Aglion
Associate Producer
Robert A. Merrill
Associate Producer
Patrick Peach
Co-Producer
Penny Barrett
Production Design
Monica Swann
Casting
Gaye Shannon-Burnett
Costume Design
Stephen James Taylor
Original Music Composer
Armen Ksajikian
Musician
Lisa Boutillier
Set Decoration
Dennis Madalone
Stunts
Joel Carter
Art Direction
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