Fresh
Glenn Ford, Morrow and Poitier are so real in their performances under the probing direction by Brooks that the picture alternatingly has the viewer pleading, indignant and frightened before the conclusion.
Variety Staff, Variety
Blackboard Jungle
They turned a school into a jungle!
1955 · 1h 41m · APPROVED
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Brooks Director
- Glenn Ford as Richard DFadier
- Anne Francis as Ann Dadier
- Sidney Poitier as Gregory W. Miller
- Vic Morrow as Artie West
- Louis Calhern as Jim Murdock
- Margaret Hayes as Lois Judby Hammond
- John Hoyt as Mr. Warneke
- Richard Kiley as Joshua Y. Edwards
- Emile Meyer as Mr. Halloran
- Warner Anderson as Dr. Bradley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It gives a blood-curdling, nightmarish picture or monstrous disorder in a public school. And it leaves one wondering wildly whether such out-of-hand horrors can be.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Writer-director Richard Brooks had a flair for sensationalism, and his adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel is loads of fun as a consequence, but don't expect much analysis or insight.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The studied pseudo-documentary atmosphere never quite convinces.
Time Out
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