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Blackboard Jungle (1955)

1h 41m · 25 Mar 1955

They turned a school into a jungle!

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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.

Movie ID26233
GenreCrime, Drama
DirectorRichard Brooks
Main castGlenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, John Hoyt, Richard Kiley, Emile Meyer, Warner Anderson
Release date25 March 1955
Release year1955
LanguageEnglish
Duration101 min (1h 41m)
Rating6.9 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director: Richard Brooks
Writers: Richard Brooks

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Glenn FordRichard Dadier Anne FrancisAnn Dadier Louis CalhernJim Murdock Margaret HayesLois Judby Hammond John HoytMr. Warneke Richard KileyJoshua Y. Edwards Emile MeyerMr. Halloran Warner AndersonDr. Bradley Basil RuysdaelProf. A.R. Kraal Sidney PoitierGregory W. Miller Vic MorrowArtie West
Dan TerranovaBelazi
Rafael CamposPete V. Morales Paul MazurskyEmmanuel Stoker Horace McMahonDetective Jamie FarrSantini
Danny DennisDe Lica
David AlpertLou Savoldi (uncredited)
Jimmy AmesMan (uncredited)
Dwayne AveryStudent (uncredited)

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