Stand and Deliver

1988 · directed by Ramón Menéndez

Rating

79/100

Hit

no

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.

Stand and Deliver (1988), directed by Ramón Menéndez, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Edward James Olmos
• Lou Diamond Phillips
• Rosanna DeSoto
• Andy Garcia
• Estelle Harris
• Mark Phelan
• Virginia Paris
• Eliot
• Adelaida Alvarez
• Carmen Argenziano

Crew

• Tom Richmond — Director of Photography
• Nancy Richardson — Editor
• Craig Safan — Original Music Composer
• Ramón Menéndez — Writer
• Tom Musca — Writer

More from Ramón Menéndez

1. Money for Nothing (1993) — 42/100

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