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In this gritty urban drama, war veteran Richard Dadier Glenn Ford wants to begin his career as a teacher and is given an assignment at a boys high school in inner-city New York. However, he soon discovers the school is overrun by delinquents, led by Artie West Vic Morrow, an insolent hood who likes to call Richard "Mr. Daddy-O." Artie and his gang steal, destroy property, refuse to respect authority, and threaten the female teachers with rape. While most of the faculty have given up and meekly let the delinquents...
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Overview

In this gritty urban drama, war veteran Richard Dadier Glenn Ford wants to begin his career as a teacher and is given an assignment at a boys high school in inner-city New York. However, he soon discovers the school is overrun by delinquents, led by Artie West Vic Morrow, an insolent hood who likes to call Richard "Mr. Daddy-O." Artie and his gang steal, destroy property, refuse to respect authority, and threaten the female teachers with rape. While most of the faculty have given up and meekly let the delinquents do what they want, Dadier is determined to bring order back to his classroom, even after Artie's thugs threaten Richard's pregnant wife. Keep your eyes peeled for a bit part by Jameel Farah, years before he would change his name to Jamie Farr. Blackboard Jungle was also the first major studio film to use rock & roll on the soundtrack; the film's success kick-started sales of "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, which helped to spark the rock & roll boom of the 1950s.
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Blackboard Jungle has been tainted somewhat by the countless imitators that followed it. It's difficult to see this movie in context as the shocking "exposé" that it felt like in 1955. Compared to the latest "remakes," like Stand and Deliver and Dangerous Minds, the shocking urban delinquents in Jungle seem more Happy Days than street gang. But in its time, Blackboard Jungle, along with Rebel Without a Cause (also 1955) and The Wild One (1954), showed the mainstream public a scary and unfamiliar fringe of the youth movement. Even without the historical context, this is still a fine drama with excellent performances. Vic Morrow (as Artie West -- a tough guy named Artie?) and the impressive Sidney Poitier are both remembered for their quality performances as two of the students, but it is Glenn Ford who holds the movie together. Ford, who was at about the height of his popularity when this picture came out, draws on his past roles in Westerns and noir thrillers to remain resolute while letting just enough of the menace get to him to be human. Writer/director Richard Brooks made a number of excellent films between the mid-'50s and the mid-'70s, but surprisingly he was never awarded an Academy Award for his directing. He did win an Oscar for his scripting of Elmer Gantry.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/12/1996
  • UPC: 027616596338
  • Original Release: 1955

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  • Source: MGM (WARNER)
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Glenn Ford Richard Dadier
Sidney Poitier Gregory W. Miller
Anne Francis Anne Dadier
Louis Calhern Jim Murdock
Vic Morrow Artie West
David Alpert Lou Savoldi
Warner Anderson Dr. Bradley
Henny Backus
Rafael Campos Pete V. Morales
Richard Deacon
Danny Dennis De Lica
Jamie Farr Santini
Robert Foulk Mr. Katz
Maggie Hayes Lois Judby Hammond
Paul Hoffman Mr. Lefkowitz
John Hoyt Mr. Warneke
Richard Kiley Joshua Y. Edwards
Paul Mazursky Emmanuel Stoker
Tom McKee Manners
Horace McMahon Detective
Emile G. Meyer Mr. Halloran
Peter Miller
Dorothy Neumann Miss Panucci
Manuel Paris Proprietor
Chris Randall
Basil Ruysdael Prof. A.R. Kraal
Dan Terranova Belazi
Technical Credits
Richard Brooks Director, Screenwriter
Evan Hunter Source Author
Joel Freeman Asst. Director
Russell Harlan Cinematographer
Ferris Webster Editor
Pandro S. Berman Producer
Randall Duell Production Designer
Cedric Gibbons Production Designer
Charles Wolcott Score Composer
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Other music

    Some of us are Stan kenton fans and we wait for the tavern scene when "Invention for guitar and trumpet" plays in the background ! Great old B&W movie with some new faces just getting started . Years later Sidney Poitier wound up playing the teacher in The British film "To sir with love " !

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