ma-cortes This is an original classic picture dealing with a teacher fighting troubled students and violent confrontation in the classroom titled ¨Blackboard jungle¨ written by Evan Hunter and displays a very good cast such as with Glenn Ford , Anne Francis , Louis Calhern , Sidney Poitier , Vic Morrow , Paul Mazurski , among others . Being very worthy in its intention and including faith in American youth . It begins with the following sentences : ¨Today we are concerned with juvenile delinquency , its causes and its effects . We are especially concerned when this delinquency boils over into our schools , the scenes and incidents depicted here are fictional . However , we believe that public awareness a first step toward a remedy for any problem and with this faith that ¨Blackboard jungle¨ was produced . It is a violent and strong movie by its time about a bunch of cruel teens who terrorize the entire school and a new English teacher at an inner-city school is determined to do his job , despite resistance from both students and faculty . Tough as well as thoughtful entertainment , set in the fifties , and dealing with Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) , a man happily married to a pregnant wife called Anne (Anne Francis). He is a new English teacher who has his own ideas of discipline . He goes to work at an inner city as well as violent, unruly high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before , as he must face off a motley crew of adolescents in the classroom . Ring leader is a student psychopath (Vic Morrow) , a baddie who doesn't seem human , he leads his groupies on a reign of terror through the high school halls . There takes place some violent events and a police inspector starts investigating with no results . The ominous group carries out threats , robbing , then the English teacher pulls off his owns objectives , leading to an ever higher tension . As a high school teacher determines to enforce law and order by using all kind of means .Well-remembered violent school drama from the 50s in which teenager gangs terrorize the entire high school and surroundings executing crimes and violence at random . Interesting script , screen-written by the Principal of a teacher's harrowing experiences in N.Y. school system . This entertaining as well as thought-provoking film contains thrills , intense drama , upsetting scenes , and with quite convincing , studious atmosphere . In fact , due to the film violent content had great notoriety and important impression as well as some problems with censorship . This was the first movie to feature Rock music , as ¨Bill Haley's ¨Rock around the clock¨ , being played on the opening credits . Highlights of the movie include baddie knife-wielding Vic Morrow taking on Glenn Ford in some breathtaking scenes . Nice acting by Glenn Ford as an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to dominate his unruly students . Memorable support cast , full of veteran actors such as Margaret Hayes , Richard Kiley , Louis Calhern , Emile Meyer , Richard Deacon , John Hoyt and newcomers such as Sidney Poitier , Rafael Campos , Paul Mazursky , many of them in brief roles , and look for Virginian's James Drury and Jamie Farr billed as Jameel Farah . Special mention to Vic Morrow playing as one of the worst villains of the cinema history . Evocative cinematography in Black and White by Russell Harlan , though is also shown in horrible computer-colored version . The picture was well directed by Richard Brooks and achieved great success . Rating : Above average for its thrilling premise as well as hard-hitting entertainment and had the youthful ripping up the seats on its first release . It was followed by ¨Class 1984¨ with Marl L. Lester with Perry King , Michael J Fox , Timothy Van Patten , this is a bloody and gory remake update ; continued by ¨Class of 1999¨ by Mark Lester with Malcolm McDowell , Bradley Gregg , Tracy Lind , Stacy Keach , Pam Grier , Patrick Kilpatrick ; and another sequel titled ¨Class of 1992¨ by Spiro Razatos with Sasha Mitchell , Nick Cassavetes ,and Richard Hill .

Taylor Robinson Blackboard Jungle was an amazing movie that showed what happened in real life around the time it was filmed. It showed the racism that occurred and how respect was not shown for authority. The fact that there weren't a lot of women in this movie showed symbolism towards the time of this film. In another note, the cast list was amazing. They portrayed their characters very well.The racism showed in this movie was turned towards Gregory Miller, who was played by Sidney Poitier. He was the only black kid in the class that was focused on. The racism wasn't shown a lot until around the end of the movie. One of Gregory's classmates came to school under the influence and shouted racial slurs to who had, before, been one of his best friends. There weren't a lot of girls in this movie. This led me to think that there were only troubled boys. Also, brought to my attention that the girls weren't considered to be successful at the time, according to what happened with Lois Hammond, played by Margaret Hayes. She was the only female teacher at the school and she was targeted by her co-workers and all of the students that attended the school. On the first day, when all of the teachers were witting with each other at the assembly, they all looked at her as though she was uneducated or not well fit for the job. When she stood in front of the students to introduce herself, they all howled and whistled at her. It was very obvious that she was very uncomfortable, so she quickly said her introduction and got off stage. Later in the movie, one of the students attacked her and she was defenseless. Her co-worker, Richard Dadier, was there in time to save her and go after the student that had attacked her. He was the only teacher that actually cared and talked to her in a way that wasn't aimed to undermine her. Overall, this movie was great! I give this movie a 9 out of 10 because there was some times where I felt things were a little more extreme than in real life. But other than that, it was a great movie to watch. It actually made me visualize what teachers actually go through on an everyday basis, and to show respect.

Dagan Freeman Blackboard Jungle, based off of Evan Hunter's book of the same name, is a 1955 film about the potential problems that could face teenagers. The story takes place at North Manual High School, a school full of delinquents and apathetic teachers. Blackboard Jungle begins with Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) , entering the school as a new teacher. He soon faces the problems with teaching at North Manual, but rather than doing nothing, he decides that his students are teachable if he can reach him through the ring leader, Gregory Miller(Richard Portier). Blackboard jungle was very controversial as it was the first movie of its time to talk about school violence. The movie also gained criticism because of the rock and roll song "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets, played at the beginning and end of the movie which indirectly lead to violence and vandalism around the country in theatres. Blackboard Jungle was a great movie. I suggest this movie for anyone who likes a little controversy and violence in movies

Tre' Brandon Blackboard Jungle was a harsh movie that exampled the dangers and harshness of teaching kids that have been inundated in a mad entity of racism, violence, and delinquency. Blackboard Jungle is a wondrous movie with real life themes that have been and will continue to be important to society. This movie is a great example of not only the harsh lives people are forcibly born into, but the lives that are affected by these people's actions. This is initially displayed when Artie West and his gang attack Dadier and his friend on the way home from a bar. It's incredible and discouraging to notice these incidents still issues today, 60 years later. Very refined and straight to the point in every scene, it doesn't lead you on pointless tangents that don't further the story. Every scene digs deeper and deeper into the problem and does so elegantly and smoothly. Where Dadier succeeded, other teachers failed. This movie shows the discrimination more among race than gender, though that's also an underlying theme. Miller, a student content with dropping out early, realizing that his schooling will get him nowhere in life solely based on his color, is a prime antagonist until he and Dadier begin to talk and see the world from each other's point-of-view. Intelligent for a boy his age, Miller sees the error of his ways and decides to help his teacher any way he's able to, just like in the finale when he protected Dadier from students trying to attack him from the back.Though gender is a bit less of an issue, it's still a bit undermining the way Anne is portrayed in this film. She has had one miscarriage before and is being torn apart by letters of threats and lies, saying that her husband is having an affair. Anne is showed to be a weak, unresting woman with insecurities to tire any man out. Fear is one thing humans can never truly escape, but she takes the word to a whole new level, having a premature birth due to the fear of her husband cheating, rather than simple talking to him more about when given the chance. Not all women are weak individuals who rely on their man to keep them from losing sanity and she was portrayed as a human who could hardly exist without someone giving her constant watch.Finally, this movie comes to a close with Dadier standing up to his most troublesome student in a finale that, while blunt, keeps you on the end of your seat and lusting for the next scene. If you watch this movie with an open-mind, you begin to realize things that you might not before, you begin to understand people's feelings, the sorrow, fear, and anger behind everything, whether it be Millers decision to drop out or Dadiers resolution to quit his dangerous occupation. This entire movie is situationally ironic in and of itself in the fact that it took ex- military personnel to calm the storm that was a gang of trifling students.