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PG-13
Runtime 108 min
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Genre Biography, Drama
Release 03/03/89
Actors
Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume
Directors
John G. Avildsen
An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually he is successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story.
Genre Biography, Drama
Release 03/03/89
Actors
Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume
Directors
John G. Avildsen
An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually he is successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story.