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At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
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.
$1,600,000
$13,994,920
March 11, 1988
American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
23 people
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
Acting
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman
Acting
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Acting
Andy Garcia
Dr. Ramirez
Acting
Estelle Harris
Secretary
Acting
Mark Phelan
Cop
Acting
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
Acting
Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)
Acting
Adelaida Alvarez
Sexy Girl
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Carmen Argenziano
Molina
Acting
Bodie Olmos
Fernando Escalante
Acting
Vanessa Marquez
Ana Delgado
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