Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955 | 1h 40m | Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier star in a gritty urban drama about a high school teacher who will not allow himself to be defeated by his tough inner-city students, even when he is assaulted and his pregnant wife is threatened.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Richard Brooks

CAST

Glenn Ford

Anne Francis

Louis Calhern

Margaret Hayes

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

01:53
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Intro Aired: Nov 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Blackboard Jungle, 1955.

Related Videos

Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Manual Trades
Clip
Smoking in the boys' room, first day at work for teacher Dadier (Glenn Ford), jousting with inner-city thugs Stoker (Paul Mazursky) and especially Miller (Sidney Poitier), in Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle, 1955.
Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Action Of The Tiger
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Teaching-job applicant Dadier (Glenn Ford) arriving at North Manual High School, citing Shakespeare with principal Warnecke (John Hoyt) and getting the job, early in Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle, 1955.
Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To North Manual
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The loose first-day assembly at North Manual High School, new teacher Dadier (Glenn Ford) observing as Halloran (Emile Meyer) and Miss Hammond (Margaret Hayes) try to manage students, in Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle, 1955.
Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Champagne And Ravioli
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Dadier (Glenn Ford) greets his expectant wife Anne (Anne Francis) at an Italian restaurant, celebrating in the rough downtown school district where he's just been hired, in Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle, 1955.
Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) We Want Morales!
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Racism becomes the subject as Dadier (Glenn Ford) officiates and the class (Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Paul Mazursky et al) chooses Morales (Rafael Campos) to make a recording in Blackboard Jungle, 1955.
04:12
Blackboard Jungle - (Vic Morrow introduction trailer)
Trailer
Vic Morrow, who plays juvenile delinquent Artie West, introduces the trailer for Blackboard Jungle (1955).
02:50
Blackboard Jungle - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
An idealistic teacher (Glenn Ford) confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency in Blackboard Jungle (1955), directed by Richard Brooks.

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