Stand and Deliver(1988)
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
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.
Movie: Stand and Deliver
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jaime A. Escalante
Angel Guzman
Fabiola Escalante
Dr. Ramirez
Secretary
Cop
Tito (as Mark Eliot)
Molina
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Edward James Olmos on STAND AND DELIVER ('88)
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