Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Starring:

• Glenn Ford
• Sidney Poitier
• Anne Francis
• Louis Calhern
• Vic Morrow
• Margaret Hayes
• John Hoyt
• Richard Kiley
• Rafael Campos
• Paul Mazursky
• Dan Terranova
• Basil Ruysdael
• Warner Anderson
• Emile Meyer

Storyline
World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for boys. The staff warns him that the students are nearly impossible to control, but the optimistic Richard remains unfazed. Soon, though, he realizes that his class isn't merely rowdy -- they can be downright dangerous. The students, led by the thuggish Artie West (Vic Morrow), threaten their teacher and his family with violence, yet Richard refuses to give up on the troubled teens.