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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...

1988 · PG · 1h 43m

Directed by Ramón Menéndez

7.8

TMDB audience score
501 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Virginia Paris
    Raquel Ortega

  • Eliot
    Tito (as Mark Eliot)

  • Adelaida Alvarez
    Sexy Girl

  • Carmen Argenziano
    Molina

  • Bodie Olmos
    Fernando Escalante

  • Vanessa Marquez
    Ana Delgado

  • Graham Galloway
    Craig

  • Daniel Villarreal
    Chuco

  • Manuel Benitez
    Heavy Metal Boy

  • Will Gotay
    Pancho Garcia

  • Ingrid Oliu
    Lupe Escobar

  • Karla Montana
    Claudia Camejo