Film · 1988

Stand and Deliver

Name: Stand and Deliver
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-03-11
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...

Directed by Ramón MenéndezEdward James OlmosLou Diamond PhillipsRosanna DeSoto

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11 Mar 1988Released

1h 43mRunning time

7.8TMDB score of 10

DramaGenre

The story

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.