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Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks.
A new teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school faces resistance from both students and faculty. The film, based on a novel, was controversial for its realistic depiction of juvenile delinquency and was censored in the UK.
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- Crime, Drama
- Richard Brooks
- 1955-03-25
Blackboard Jungle, American social-commentary film, released in 1955, that highlighted violence in urban schools and also helped spark the rock-and-roll revolution by featuring the hit song “Rock Around the Clock” (1954) by Bill Haley and His Comets. It was the first major film to feature rock.
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Dec 2, 2019 · https://www.daaracarchive.org/2019/12/blackboard-jungle-1955.htmlWorld War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New Yo...
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- Black Film History
World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for boys. The staff warns him that the students are nearly impossible to control, but the...
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- Glenn Ford
- Richard Brooks
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Blackboard Jungle (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Action Of The Tiger 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.
A new teacher at a violent inner-city school faces resistance from students and faculty. He tries to exert his authority and find out who is behind the attacks on him and his pregnant wife.
