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
Chuck Hicks
as Applicant (uncredited)
Willard Sage
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Mazursky
as Emmanuel Stoker
Sidney Poitier
as Gregory W. Miller
Tommy Ivo
as Frightened Student (uncredited)
Margaret Hayes
as Lois Judby Hammond
John Hoyt
as Mr. Warneke
Jimmy Murphy
as Frank Adams (uncredited)
Basil Ruysdael
as Prof. A.R. Kraal
Vic Morrow
as Artie West
Robert Foulk
as George Katz (uncredited)
Henny Backus
as Miss Brady (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann
as Miss Panucci (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Bystander at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Richard Kiley
as Joshua Y. Edwards
Emile Meyer
as Mr. Halloran
Horace McMahon
as Detective
Warner Anderson
as Dr. Bradley
Valentin de Vargas
as Latino Student (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
as Needles (uncredited)
Anne Francis
as Ann Dadier
James Drury
as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Peter Miller
as Joe Murray (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Italian Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth
as Mrs. Brophy (uncredited)
Rafael Campos
as Pete V. Morales
John Erman
as Daly (uncredited)
Emil Sitka
as Father (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
as Richard Dadier
Louis Calhern
as Jim Murdock
Jamie Farr
as Santini
Manuel París
as Italian Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
