Blackboard Jungle
Blackboard Jungle
Release: 1955-03-25
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 6.9
Crime
Drama
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
John Hoyt
as Mr. Warneke
Richard Kiley
as Joshua Y. Edwards
Kenner G. Kemp
as Italian Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth
as Mrs. Brophy (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo
as Frightened Student (uncredited)
Jamie Farr
as Santini
Peter Miller
as Joe Murray (uncredited)
Basil Ruysdael
as Prof. A.R. Kraal
Henny Backus
as Miss Brady (uncredited)
Willard Sage
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
as Richard Dadier
Margaret Hayes
as Lois Judby Hammond
Jimmy Murphy
as Frank Adams (uncredited)
Emil Sitka
as Father (uncredited)
Anne Francis
as Ann Dadier
Louis Calhern
as Jim Murdock
Vic Morrow
as Artie West
John Erman
as Daly (uncredited)
Paul Mazursky
as Emmanuel Stoker
Richard Deacon
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
as George Katz (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks
as Applicant (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann
as Miss Panucci (uncredited)
Rafael Campos
as Pete V. Morales
James Drury
as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
as Mr. Halloran
Warner Anderson
as Dr. Bradley
Sidney Poitier
as Gregory W. Miller
Manuel París
as Italian Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Bystander at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
as Detective
Valentin de Vargas
as Latino Student (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
as Needles (uncredited)
