1988
7.6 (395 votes)
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
American Playhouse
Olmos Productions
Olmos Productions
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...
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez
Producer: Tom Musca
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Director of Photography: Tom Richmond
Top Cast
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)
Videos
Stand and Deliver - Trailer
