Movie: Blackboard Jungle

Year: 1955

Also Known As: The Blackboard Jungle

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Genres: Drama

Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, John Hoyt, Richard Kiley, Emile Meyer, Warner Anderson, Basil Ruysdael, Sidney Poitier…

Rated: 7.4/10 from 4,122 votes on IMDb

Tagline: I'm a teacher. My pupils are the kind you don't turn your back on, even in class!

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Plot: War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. This is his first teaching assignment, which he needs to support himself and his insecure pregnant wife, Anne. Despite Principle Warnecke's assertions to the contrary, Dadier quickly learns that the rumors of student discipline problems at the school are indeed true. The established teachers at the school try to counsel the newcomers, all inexperienced in such situations, as how best to handle the rowdy students. Regardless, Dadier tries to exert discipline in his class, which provokes a violent response. Dadier believes the student leaders against him are Artie West, but more specifically Gregory Miller, who he thinks uses the fact of being black as a means of racial provocation. Dadier has to decide either to leave and teach at a "real" school, or stay and figure out how to get through to his students…

Release Date: 25 March 1955 (USA)

Runtime: 101

Directors: Richard Brooks

Writers: Richard Brooks, Evan Hunter

Countries: USA

Budget: N/A

Languages: English

Location: El Segundo, California, USA

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