Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver

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...

7.6(406 votes)
1988
1h 43m
Drama

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.

Production

American Playhouse, Olmos Productions

Cast

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

Jaime A. Escalante

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Angel Guzman

Rosanna DeSoto

Rosanna DeSoto

Fabiola Escalante

Andy García

Andy García

Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris

Estelle Harris

Secretary

Mark Phelan

Mark Phelan

Cop

Virginia Paris

Virginia Paris

Raquel Ortega

Eliot

Eliot

Tito (as Mark Eliot)

Adelaida Alvarez

Adelaida Alvarez

Sexy Girl

Carmen Argenziano

Carmen Argenziano

Molina

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