Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

103 mins | Drama | March 11, 1988

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.

Stand and Deliver

103 mins | Drama | March 11, 1988

Stand and Deliver
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
Original title Stand and Deliver
Directors John Scherer, Sydney Gilner, Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt, Ramón Menéndez
Writers Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca

Cast

Edward James Olmos

as Jaime A. Escalante

Lou Diamond Phillips

as Angel Guzman

Rosanna DeSoto

as Fabiola Escalante

Andy García

as Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris

as Secretary

Mark Phelan

as Cop

Virginia Paris

as Raquel Ortega

Eliot

as Tito (as Mark Eliot)

Adelaida Alvarez

as Sexy Girl

Carmen Argenziano

as Molina

Bodie Olmos

as Fernando Escalante

Vanessa Marquez

as Ana Delgado

Graham Galloway

as Craig