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Blackboard Jungle

Cast

Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes View All


Crew

Richard Brooks (Screenplay), Richard Brooks (Director) View All

Release: Mar. 19th, 1955
Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
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Gideon58
Director and screenwriter Richard Brooks received his first Oscar nomination for his bold, if at times, hard to believe screenplay that creates unbearable tension almost immediately between Dadier and these hoodlums, but Dadier makes a big mistake when these guys begin to lash out and Dadier chooses....


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