Stand and Deliver (1988)
"At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could..."

Title: Stand and Deliver
Original Title: Stand and Deliver
Release Date: 1988-03-11
Status: Released
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 392 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
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
Jaime A. Escalante

Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman

Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante

Andy García
Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris
Secretary

Mark Phelan
Cop

Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega

Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)

Adelaida Alvarez
Sexy Girl

Carmen Argenziano
Molina