Blackboard Jungle (1955) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1955 · 101 min · English

Directed by

Richard Brooks

Starring

Sidney Poitier, Louis Calhern, Anne Francis, Glenn Ford, Basil Ruysdael, Emile Meyer

A young, idealistic World War II veteran, Richard Dadier, takes on a class of delinquent students in a tough New York City high school. Facing a daunting and unruly group of boys, he struggles to connect with them and maintain control in a classroom rife with tension. As he tries to understand their backgrounds and motivations, he confronts the complex issues of juvenile delinquency and the pervasive threat of violence within the school and the surrounding community.