Movie
Stand and Deliver (1988)
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
Drama
Story
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.
Director: Ramón Menéndez Starring: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia
Stand and Deliver Cast
- Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman
- Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante
- Andy Garcia 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