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Blackboard Jungle
They turned a school into a jungle!
They turned a school into a jungle!
Crime, Drama - 1955
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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.
Director:
,
Richard Brooks
Cast:
,
Glenn Ford
,
Louis Calhern
,
Anne Francis
,
John Hoyt
,
Emile Meyer
,
Sidney Poitier
,
Richard Kiley
,
Margaret Hayes
,
Vic Morrow
,
Warner Anderson

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Rated:
APPROVED
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
25 Mar 1955
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The studied pseudo-documentary atmosphere never quite convinces.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Writer-director Richard Brooks had a flair for sensationalism, and his adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel is loads of fun as a consequence, but don't expect much analysis or insight.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
26 Sep 2001
rotten:
It gives a blood-curdling, nightmarish picture or monstrous disorder in a public school. And it leaves one wondering wildly whether such out-of-hand horrors can be.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
Glenn Ford, Morrow and Poitier are so real in their performances under the probing direction by Brooks that the picture alternatingly has the viewer pleading, indignant and frightened before the conclusion.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
8 Apr 2008
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