A Patch of Blue
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74% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 78% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for boys. The staff warns...
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- Glenn Ford
- Richard Brooks
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Blackboard Jungle is one of the seminal films in Glenn Ford's career. As Richard Dadier, newly minted teacher going into one of the inner city schools in New York City, he's nervous, but full of idealism and commitment that he can make a difference in the lives of these kids.
The Blackboard Jungle is a sentimental melodrama masquerading as a social document, which in its own way is as dangerous a little gadget as a zip gun. Full Review | Jan 30, 2018. Richard...
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.
Blackboard Jungle: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes. A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
- (9.9K)
- Crime, Drama
- Richard Brooks
- 1955-03-25
The New York Times Bosley Crowther. As a straight melodrama of juvenile violence this is a vivid and hair-raising film. See all 10 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for Blackboard Jungle.
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Blackboard Jungle - Metacritic. 1955. Approved. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 1 h 41 m. Summary A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty. Crime.
