Blackboard Jungle

Item: Blackboard Jungle
Rating: 6
Author: Christopher Null

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Blackboard Jungle Review

By Christopher Null

Idealism in the public school system got its start here in 1955's Blackboard Jungle, based on the book that convinced America that our kids were not all angels and schools were not built from picket fence perfection. Today, Blackboard Jungle is surprisingly dated and ineffective, as its picture of high school violence and perversity seems quaint in comparison to Columbine-style massacres and Mary Kay Letourneau. Even the firey Sidney Poitier an Vic Morrow, playing the school's punks, seem set to a lower level than we've seen from them in later, mor compelling works.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1955

Run time: 101 mins

In Theaters: Friday 25th March 1955

Distributed by: MGM Home Entertainment

Production compaines: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 3 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Fresh: 16 Rotten: 5

IMDB: 7.5 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Richard Brooks

Producer: Pandro S. Berman

Screenwriter: Richard Brooks

Starring: Glenn Ford as Richard DFadier, Anne Francis as Ann Dadier, Sidney Poitier as Gregory W. Miller, Vic Morrow as Artie West, Louis Calhern as Jim Murdock, Margaret Hayes as Lois Judby Hammond, John Hoyt as Mr. Warneke, Richard Kiley as Joshua Y. Edwards, Emile Meyer as Mr. Halloran, Warner Anderson as Dr. Bradley, Basil Ruysdael as Prof. A.R. Kraal, Paul Mazursky as Emmanuel Stoker, Dan Terranova as Belazi, Rafael Campos as Pete V. Morales, Horace McMahon as Detective, Jamie Farr as Santini, Danny Dennis as De Lica