Movie
Stand and Deliver
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-03-11
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman
- Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante
- Andy Garcia as Dr. Ramirez
- Estelle Harris as Secretary
- Mark Phelan as Cop
- Virginia Paris as Raquel Ortega
- Eliot as Tito (as Mark Eliot)
- Adelaida Alvarez as Sexy Girl
- Carmen Argenziano as Molina
- Bodie Olmos as Fernando Escalante
- Vanessa Marquez as Ana Delgado
Crew
- Ramón Menéndez - Director
- Tom Musca - Writer
- Ramón Menéndez - Writer
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