Glenn Ford
Richard Dadier
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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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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.
Summaries. A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty. War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school.
In Blackboard Jungle, Glenn Ford plays a teacher assigned to a tough inner-city school where the students make the rules and the staff meekly follows along out of fear and apathy. Ford's task is to identify the real leaders and troublemakers in his classroom and try to win them over to his side.
The Blackboard Jungle. Glen Ford is riveting as a dedicated teacher whose idealism fades under the tensions that rip his classroom apart. Anne Francis and Sidney Poitier co-star. 655 IMDb 7.4 1 h 40 min 1955. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Gritty · Tense · Visceral. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy movie. HD $9.99 $8.99. More purchase. options.
Blackboard Jungle - Black Film Archive. Sidney Poitier plays a rowdy, musically gifted student who turns a new leaf in this inner-city drama. Director: Richard Brooks. Year: 1955. Genre: Drama. Type: Feature. Link: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZcYBG3hda0.
Blackboard Jungle. Available on iTunes. Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier star in a gritty urban drama about a high school teacher who will not allow himself to be defeated by his tough inner city students ... even when he is assaulted and his pregnant wife is threatened. Classics 1955 1 hr 41 min.
