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Blackboard Jungle

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Blackboard Jungle
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NR,1hr 41min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1955
Director:
Richard Brooks
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier  ...more
Synopsis: In this gritty urban drama, war veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) wants to begin his career as a teacher and is given an assignment at a boys high school in inner-city New York. However, he soon discovers the school is overrun by delinquents, led by Artie West (Vic Morrow), an insolent hood who likes to call Richard "Mr. Daddy-O." Artie and his gang steal, destroy property, refuse to respect authority, and threaten the female teachers with rape. While most of the faculty have given up and meekly ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Blackboard Jungle has been tainted somewhat by the countless imitators that followed it. It's difficult to see this movie in context as the shocking "exposé" that it felt like in 1955. Compared to the latest "remakes," like Stand and Deliver and Dangerous Minds, the shocking urban delinquents in Jungle seem more Happy Days than street gang. But in its time, Blackboard Jungle, along with Rebel Without ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Glenn Ford
Richard Dadier
Anne Francis
Anne Dadier
Sidney Poitier
Gregory W. Miller
Louis Calhern
Jim Murdock
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