Stand and Deliver (1988)
March 11, 1988
Drama
1h 43m


At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Ramón Menéndez
- Jaime A. Escalante Edward James Olmos
- Angel Guzman Lou Diamond Phillips
- Fabiola Escalante Rosanna DeSoto
- Dr. Ramirez Andy García
- Secretary Estelle Harris
- Cop Mark Phelan
- Tito (as Mark Eliot) Eliot
- Molina Carmen Argenziano
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Keywords
- mathematics
- education
- based on true story
- teacher
- drop-out
- high school teacher
- mexican american