Up Against the Wall

Up Against the Wall

100 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 18, 1991

A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.

Up Against the Wall

100 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 18, 1991

Up Against the Wall
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Up Against the Wall
Directors Mary Tallman, Ron O'Neal
Writers Songodina Ifatunji, Jawanza Kunjufu, Zuindi Colbert, Chuck Colbert, Emma Young

Cast

Marla Gibbs

as Louise Bradley

Ron O'Neal

as George Wilkes

Stoney Jackson

as Jesse Bradley

L. Scott Caldwell

as Sandy Wilkes

Oscar Brown Jr.

as Coach

Catero Colbert

as Sean

deMann

as Kevin

Johnny Moran

as J. R.

Merritt Lear

as Lisa

Jamie Harrold

as Stevie