Stand and Deliver
428 votes
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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1988-03-11
Runtime: 103 mins
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Writer: Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez
Spoken language: English, Español
Genres: Drama
Original title: Stand and Deliver
Production Companies: American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Edward James Olmos
Lou Diamond Phillips
Rosanna DeSoto
Andy Garcia
Estelle Harris
Mark Phelan
Virginia Paris
Eliot
Adelaida Alvarez
Carmen Argenziano
Bodie Olmos
Vanessa Marquez
Graham Galloway
Daniel Villarreal
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