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Blackboard Jungle (1955)

6.6 Listal rating
7.4 IMDB rating

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Richard Dadier is a man eager to make a difference. Or, some might say, he's a believer in lost causes. Dadier is a new teacher at inner-city North Manual High. Racial and sexual tensions. Violence. Gangs. Apathy. What Blackboard Jungle tackled 50 years ago are still hot-button issues in schools. Glenn Ford as Dadier clings to his ideals and pays a ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

Richard Dadier
Anne Francis

Anne Francis

Anne Dadier
Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Jim Murdock
Margaret Hayes

Margaret Hayes

Lois Judby Hammond
John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Mr. Warneke
Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

Joshua Y. Edwards
Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Mr. Halloran
Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

Dr. Bradley
Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael

Prof. A.R. Kraal
Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Gregory W. Miller


Written by (View all) :
Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks

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Como está la juventud

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago at Apr 21 7:59
En esta película de Richard Brooks tenemos a Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford), un novato que consigue su primer trabajo en un instituto de un barrio marginal, donde el director del centro es un hombre inflexible y muy estricto, tanto con los alumnos como con los propios docentes. Conocemos al mismo tiempo que Dadier al resto de profesores, destacando Jim Murdock (Louis Calhern), un hombre mayor que está desencantado del sistema, que ve a los alumnos como futuros delincuentes y que constantemente hará comentarios sarcásticos sobre su función ante sus pupilos, y la bella Lois Judby Hammond (Margaret Hayes) a la que veremos aparecer con un vestido muy ajustado y unas medias de rejilla que para la época harían tragar saliva a mas de un espectador. En la presentación del claustro de pr...Read more

Rating : 6/10