Stand and Deliver
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
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Overview
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 OlmosJaime A. Escalante
Lou Diamond PhillipsAngel Guzman
Rosanna DeSotoFabiola Escalante
Andy GarciaDr. Ramirez
Estelle HarrisSecretary
Mark PhelanCopVirginia ParisRaquel Ortega
EliotTito (as Mark Eliot)Adelaida AlvarezSexy Girl
Carmen ArgenzianoMolina
Bodie OlmosFernando Escalante
Vanessa MarquezAna DelgadoCrew
DirectorRamón Menéndez
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Details
Release DateMarch 11, 1988
Revenue$13,994,920
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
StudiosAmerican Playhouse, Olmos Productions
