Film

Stand and Deliver

1988 · 1h 43m · Drama

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

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Metacritic

77

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.

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

• Ramón MenéndezDirector · Writer
• Tom MuscaWriter · Producer
• Lindsay LawExecutive Producer
• Tom RichmondDirector of Photography
• Craig SafanOriginal Music Composer
• Nancy RichardsonEditor
• Toni LivingstonCasting
• Jaki BrownCasting

Stand and Deliver - Trailer

Release date

March 11, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Budget

$1,600,000

Revenue

$13,994,920

Genres

Drama

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