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Stand and Deliver (1988)
Directed by Ramón Menéndez
“At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...”
Drama · 1h 43m
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.
Cast
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Andy Garcia
Dr. Ramirez
Estelle Harris
Secretary
Mark Phelan
Cop
V
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)
A
Adelaida Alvarez
Sexy Girl
Carmen Argenziano
Molina
Bodie Olmos
Fernando Escalante
Vanessa Marquez
Ana Delgado
Crew
- Director
- Ramón Menéndez
- Writer
- Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez
- Director of Photography
- Tom Richmond
- Original Music Composer
- Craig Safan
- Editor
- Nancy Richardson
- Producer
- Tom Musca
Details
- Release date
- 1988-03-11
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
- Budget
- $1,600,000
- Box office
- $13,994,920