Blackboard jungle [videorecording] / Loew's Incorporated ; Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screen play by Richard Brooks ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; directed by Richard Brooks.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Turner Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
c1996
Description:
1 videocassette (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
"M205963." "Contains the original theatrical trailer"--Container. Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow. Based on the novel by Evan Hunter. Videocassette release of the 1955 motion picture. Not rated. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary:
Film about life in an inner city high school in the 50's that was the first to utilize a rock 'n' roll soundtrack. A dedicated young teacher soon loses his idealism when he has to deal with the tensions that threaten to destroy his classroom.
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