Plot
War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. This is his first teaching assignment, which he needs to support himself and his insecure pregnant wife, Anne. Despite Principle Warnecke's assertions to the contrary, Dadier quickly learns that the rumors of student discipline problems at the school are indeed true. The established teachers at the school try to counsel the newcomers, all inexperienced in such situations, as how best to handle the rowdy students. Regardless, Dadier tries to exert discipline in his class, which provokes a violent response. Dadier believes the student leaders against him are Artie West, but more specifically Gregory Miller, who he thinks uses the fact of being black as a means of racial provocation. Dadier has to decide either to leave and teach at a "real" school, or stay and figure out how to get through to his students. If he decides to stay, he has to figure out who the real disruptive influences are, especially as they have resorted to attacks of a personal nature that affect especially Anne.
Keywords: 1950s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, attempted-rape, based-on-novel, beautiful-woman, blackboard, car-accident, classroom, cult-favorite, dedicated-teacher
The sensational novel...now on the screen!
A DRAMA OF TEEN-AGE Terror! (original print ad - almost all caps)
SHOCKING! (original print ad - all caps)
THE SCREAM IN THE SCHOOL ROOM! (original print ad - all caps)
A shock story of today's high school hoodlums!
I'm a teacher. My pupils are the kind you don't turn your back on, even in class!
The Most Startling Picture In Years!
Richard Dadier: Yeah, I've been beaten up, but I'm not beaten. I'm not beaten, and I'm not quittin'.
Belazi: Five points off, what for?::Richard Dadier: For having loose eyes.
Richard Dadier: What's your name?::Artie West: Why do you want to know?::Richard Dadier: What's your name?::Artie West: What're you picking on me for?::Richard Dadier: I'm not picking on you, I asked what's your name.
Anne Dadier: I was like one of the bad kids in your class. Somebody told me a lie and I believed it. One's as bad as the other.
Richard Dadier: They can't all be bad kids.::Prof. A.R. Kraal: Why not?
Name | Blackboard Jungle |
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Caption | Theatrical release poster |
Director | Richard Brooks |
Producer | Pandro S. Berman |
Writer | Richard Brooks |
Based on | |
Starring | Glenn FordAnne FrancisLouis CalhernSidney Poitier |
Music | Max C. Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight (song "Rock Around the Clock") (uncredited), Willis Holman (song “Blackboard Jungle”), Jenny Lou Carson (song "Let Me Go, Lover!" (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Russell Harlan, ASC |
Editing | Ferris Webster |
Distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Released | |
Runtime | 101 minutes |
Country | |
Language | English |
The film marked a watershed in the United Kingdom. When shown at a South London Cinema in Elephant and Castle in 1956 the teenage teddy boy audience began to riot, tearing up seats and dancing in the aisles. After that, riots took place around the country wherever the film was shown. In 2007, the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture published an article that analyzed the film's connection to crime theories and juvenile delinquency.
In March 2005, the 50th anniversary of the release of the film and the subsequent upsurge in popularity of rock and roll, was marked by a series of "Rock Is Fifty" celebrations in Los Angeles and New York City, involving the surviving members of the original Bill Haley & His Comets. The film was released on DVD in North America on May 10, 2005.
This was the debut film for Campos, Morrow and Farah, and one of Poitier's earliest. Farah later changed his name to Jamie Farr.
"MGM brought Hollywood into the rock 'n'roll era with BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. In search of the kind of music teens like the film's potential delinquents were listening to, director Richard Brooks borrowed a few records from star Glenn Ford's son Peter. When he heard Bill Haley and his Comets perform 'Rock Around the Clock,' he found the perfect theme song -- the first rock song ever used in a Hollywood feature. Teens flocked to the film, dancing in theatre aisles as the song played over the opening credits. Parents may have been shocked by such uninhibited behavior, but things got worse when screenings also inspired violence and vandalism around the world. Thanks to BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, the song hit number one on the Billboard charts, eventually selling 25 million copies and becoming what Dick Clark called 'The National Anthem of Rock’n’ Roll.'"
Rock Around the Clock and Me by Peter Ford
Category:1955 films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:1950s drama films Category:Bill Haley Category:Coming-of-age films Category:Films based on novels Category:Films directed by Richard Brooks Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Category:Films about educators
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