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Stand and Deliver

Name: Stand and Deliver
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-03-11
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

Drama

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.

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Cast

Edward James OlmosLou Diamond PhillipsRosanna DeSotoAndy GarciaEstelle HarrisMark PhelanVirginia ParisEliotAdelaida AlvarezCarmen ArgenzianoBodie OlmosVanessa Marquez

Director

Ramón Menéndez

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