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Stand and Deliver
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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

Edward James Olmos

Jaime A. Escalante

Edward James Olmos

Lou Diamond Phillips

Angel Guzman

Lou Diamond Phillips

Rosanna DeSoto

Fabiola Escalante

Rosanna DeSoto

Andy Garcia

Dr. Ramirez

Andy Garcia

Estelle Harris

Secretary

Estelle Harris

Mark Phelan

Cop

Mark Phelan

Virginia Paris

Raquel Ortega

Virginia Paris

Eliot

Tito (as Mark Eliot)

Eliot

Adelaida Alvarez

Sexy Girl

Adelaida Alvarez

Carmen Argenziano

Molina

Carmen Argenziano

Bodie Olmos

Fernando Escalante

Bodie Olmos

Vanessa Marquez

Ana Delgado

Vanessa Marquez

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