Glenn Ford
Richard Dadier
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Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks.
A new teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school faces resistance from both students and faculty. The film, based on a novel, was controversial for its realistic depiction of juvenile delinquency and was banned in the UK.
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- Crime, Drama
- Richard Brooks
- 1955-03-25
IMDb provides the full list of cast and crew members for the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle, directed by Richard Brooks and starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis and Sidney Poitier. See the names, roles and credits of actors, writers, producers, composers and more.
Blackboard Jungle, American social-commentary film, released in 1955, that highlighted violence in urban schools and also helped spark the rock-and-roll revolution by featuring the hit song “Rock Around the Clock” (1954) by Bill Haley and His Comets. It was the first major film to feature rock.
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Rent Blackboard Jungle on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New...
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- Glenn Ford
- Richard Brooks
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
A new teacher at a violent inner-city school faces resistance from students and faculty. He tries to exert his authority and find out who is behind the attacks on him and his pregnant wife.
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A classic drama film based on a novel by Evan Hunter, starring Glenn Ford as a teacher who faces the challenges of juvenile delinquency in a New York school. See the synopsis, cast, photos, videos, awards, and trivia of this 1955 movie on TCM.
