Mar 11, 1988
103 min
Full-HD

Stand and Deliver (1988)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

American Playhouse Olmos Productions

Edward James Olmos

Jaime A. Escalante

Lou Diamond Phillips

Angel Guzman

Rosanna DeSoto

Fabiola Escalante

Andy García

Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris

Secretary

Mark Phelan

Cop

Virginia Paris

Raquel Ortega

Eliot

Tito (as Mark Eliot)

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