Stand and Deliver

1988 · 103 min · ★ 7.8 / 10 · 490 votes

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.

Cast

Edward James Olmos · Lou Diamond Phillips · Rosanna DeSoto · Andy Garcia · Estelle Harris · Mark Phelan · Virginia Paris · Eliot · Adelaida Alvarez · Carmen Argenziano

Director

Ramón Menéndez