Blackboard Jungle

1955 · directed by Richard Brooks

Rating

71/100

Hit

no

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.

Blackboard Jungle (1955), directed by Richard Brooks, rates 71/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Glenn Ford
• Anne Francis
• Louis Calhern
• Margaret Hayes
• John Hoyt
• Richard Kiley
• Emile Meyer
• Warner Anderson
• Basil Ruysdael
• Sidney Poitier

Crew

• Russell Harlan — Director of Photography
• Ferris Webster — Editor
• Charles Wolcott — Original Music Composer
• Richard Brooks — Screenplay

More from Richard Brooks

1. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) — 83/100 · hit
2. Elmer Gantry (1960) — 83/100 · hit
3. In Cold Blood (1967) — 79/100
4. The Professionals (1966) — 76/100
5. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) — 74/100
6. $ (1971) — 72/100

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