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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. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting grown adults as high ...
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 censored in the UK.
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- Crime, Drama
- Richard Brooks
- 1955-03-25
Find out who starred in the classic film Blackboard Jungle, directed by Richard Brooks and based on a novel by Evan Hunter. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
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.
A drama film based on a novel by Evan Hunter, starring Glenn Ford as a teacher who faces juvenile delinquency in a New York school. See photos, videos, cast and crew, film details, awards, and trivia of this classic movie.
- Richard Brooks, Joel Freeman, Buddy Messinger
- Glenn Ford
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Advertise With Us. World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for boys. The staff warns him that the students are nearly impossible ...
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Blackboard Jungle was based on a popular 1954 novel by Evan Hunter. The film hit a nerve with its unusually brutal depiction of the social conditions of urban schools, and the music and the theme made the movie hugely popular with teenage audiences. Fights and riots broke out in many towns in England where the movie was shown.
