Listen to Blackboard Jungle (32:22) Rated R for a few soap-in-the-mouth swears.
Movies about inspirational teachers are common, but this one—although quite dated—has some grit to it. Glenn Ford has the task of trying to educate a wide array of tough teens in the overrated ’50s, including Sidney Poitier and Vic Morrow (the Twilight Zone victim). We didn’t love this flick as much as most of our recent choices, but why spoil those thoughts now? Check us out! Oh, and hit Sparkplug Coffee too.
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Links to: Richard Brooks and Anne Francis
1955 Academy Award winners & nominees
Links to: Rebel Without A Cause and Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner and A Clockwork Orange and American Graffiti and Happy Days and Do The Right Thing and Dangerous Minds
YouTube links: The Rock Around The Clock opening credits and West and friends make the jazz records go bye bye and bringing a teacher to a knife-fight
Previously on the Next 100 Project: The Pride Of The Yankees
April 18th on the Next 100 Project: No Country For Old Men
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