Stand and Deliver

At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...

  • Rated 7.8 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1988
  • 1h 43m
  • Drama

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.

Director
Ramón Menéndez
Starring
Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia

Cast

  • Edward James Olmos

    Edward James Olmos

    Jaime A. Escalante

  • Lou Diamond Phillips

    Lou Diamond Phillips

    Angel Guzman

  • Rosanna DeSoto

    Rosanna DeSoto

    Fabiola Escalante

  • Andy Garcia

    Andy Garcia

    Dr. Ramirez

  • Estelle Harris

    Estelle Harris

    Secretary

  • Mark Phelan

    Mark Phelan

    Cop

  • Virginia Paris

    Raquel Ortega

  • Eliot

    Eliot

    Tito (as Mark Eliot)

  • Adelaida Alvarez

    Sexy Girl

  • Carmen Argenziano

    Carmen Argenziano

    Molina

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