Stand and Deliver
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
1988 · 1h 43m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Ramón Menéndez
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Stand and Deliver
Overview
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Director and cast
- Ramón Menéndez Director
- Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman
- Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante
- Andy Garcia as Dr. Ramirez
- Estelle Harris as Secretary
- Mark Phelan as Cop
- Virginia Paris as Raquel Ortega
- Eliot as Tito (as Mark Eliot)
- Adelaida Alvarez as Sexy Girl
- Carmen Argenziano as Molina
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