Anne Francis, Basil Ruysdael, Dan Terranova
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
DVD Release Date: May 10, 2005
Stats: 133 reviews
Flixster Reviews (133)
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September 12, 2009
Not a weak depiction actually but frankly not my kind of film, I couldn't care less about its characters
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August 3, 2009
A new teacher goes into a school and with work on his part manages to turn an impossible class into good students.
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June 15, 2009
the great original teacher movie. the writing and acting are above average, but not significantly. I give the story credit for tackling such tough material, especially in 1955, but unfortunately like just about every other teacher movie, actual reality takes a back seat to sent...( read more)
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