Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard ...
Blackboard Jungle
1955 ‧ Crime/Thriller ‧ 1h 41m
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7.4/10 · IMDb
74% · Rotten Tomatoes
World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for boys. The staff warns him that the students are nearly impossible to control, but the optimistic Richard remains unfazed. Soon, though,...
Release date: March 25, 1955 (USA)
Director: Richard Brooks
Story by: Evan Hunter
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Loews Cineplex Entertainment
Adapted from: The Blackboard Jungle
Box office: $8,144,000
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Blackboard Jungle was based on a popular 1954 novel by Evan Hunter. The film hit a nerve with its unusually brutal depiction of the social conditions of urban ...