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Blackboard Jungle (19-Mar-1955)

Director: Richard Brooks

Writer: Richard Brooks

From novel: The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter

Producer: Pandro S. Berman

Keywords: Drama

Richard Dadier is a new English teacher at North Manual High, a troubled all-male inner city school in New York City. Gives a sense of realism despite its stereotypical characters. An important film. Received Oscar nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Set Decoration and Best Editing.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Warner Anderson
Actor
10-Mar-1911 26-Aug-1976 Matthew Swain on Peyton Place
Louis Calhern
Actor
19-Feb-1895 12-May-1956 Duck Soup
Jamie Farr
Actor
1-Jul-1934   Cpl. Klinger on M*A*S*H
Glenn Ford
Actor
1-May-1916 30-Aug-2006 Gilda, Blackboard Jungle
Anne Francis
Actor
16-Sep-1930 2-Jan-2011 Forbidden Planet
Margaret Hayes
Actor
5-Dec-1916 26-Jan-1977 Blackboard Jungle
John Hoyt
Actor
5-Oct-1905 15-Sep-1991 Attack of the Puppet People
Richard Kiley
Actor
31-Mar-1922 5-Mar-1999 Man of La Mancha
Paul Mazursky
Film Director
25-Apr-1930 30-Jun-2014 Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Horace McMahon
Actor
17-May-1906 17-Aug-1971 Lt. Parker on Naked City
Vic Morrow
Actor
14-Feb-1929 23-Jul-1982 Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat
Sidney Poitier
Actor
20-Feb-1927   In The Heat Of The Night
Basil Ruysdael
Actor
24-Jul-1888 10-Oct-1960 The Cocoanuts

CAST

Starring
Glenn Ford   ...   Richard Dadier
Anne Francis   ...   Anne Dadier
Louis Calhern   ...   Jim Murdock
With
Margaret Hayes   ...   Lois Judby Hammond
John Hoyt   ...   Mr. Warneke
Richard Kiley   ...   Joshua Y. Edwards
Emile Meyer   ...   Mr. Halloran
Basil Ruysdael   ...   Prof. A. R. Kraal
Warner Anderson   ...   Dr. Bradley
And Featuring
Sidney Poitier   ...   Gregory W. Miller
Vic Morrow   ...   Artie West
Dan Terranova   ...   Belazi
Rafael Campos   ...   Pete V. Morales
Paul Mazursky   ...   Emmanuel Stoker
Horace McMahon   ...   Detective
Jamie Farr   ...   Santini
Danny Dennis   ...   De Lica

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