Stand and Deliver

Mar 11, 1988

1h 43m

★ 7.6

At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

American Playhouse

Olmos Productions

Stand and Deliver Trailers

Cast

Jaime A. Escalante

Edward James Olmos

Angel Guzman

Lou Diamond Phillips

Fabiola Escalante

Rosanna DeSoto

Dr. Ramirez

Andy Garcia

Secretary

Estelle Harris

Cop

Mark Phelan

Raquel Ortega

Virginia Paris

Tito (as Mark Eliot)

Eliot

Sexy Girl

Adelaida Alvarez

Molina

Carmen Argenziano

Fernando Escalante

Bodie Olmos

Ana Delgado

Vanessa Marquez

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