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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
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
Adapted from: The Blackboard Jungle
Box office: $8,144,000

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