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.

Ricochet (1991)

Starring:

• Denzel Washington
• John Lithgow
• Ice-T
• Kevin Pollak
• Victoria Dillard
• Lindsay Wagner
• Mary Ellen Trainor
• John Amos
• John Cothran
• Josh Evans
• Matt Landers
• Lydell M. Cheshier

Storyline
After tracking down and arresting Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow), a psychotic hit man, rookie Los Angeles police officer Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is hailed as a hero. Several years later, Styles' life appears perfect: He has married his girlfriend, started a family and risen to the position of the assistant district attorney. However, his world is turned upside down when Blake escapes from prison with plans to exact brutal and well-calculated revenge.