War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. This is his first teaching assignment, which he needs to support himself and his insecure pregnant wife, Anne. Despite Principle Warnecke's assertions to the contrary, Dadier quickly learns that the rumors of student discipline problems at the school are indeed true. The established teachers at the school try to counsel the newcomers, all inexperienced in such si... (Full plot summary below)
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War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. This is his first teaching assignment, which he needs to support himself and his insecure pregnant wife, Anne. Despite Principle Warnecke's assertions to the contrary, Dadier quickly learns that the rumors of student discipline problems at the school are indeed true. The established teachers at the school try to counsel the newcomers, all inexperienced in such situations, as how best to handle the rowdy students. Regardless, Dadier tries to exert discipline in his class, which provokes a violent response. Dadier believes the student leaders against him are Artie West, but more specifically Gregory Miller, who he thinks uses the fact of being black as a means of racial provocation. Dadier has to decide either to leave and teach at a "real" school, or stay and figure out how to get through to his students. If he decides to stay, he has to figure out who the real disruptive influences are, especially as they have resorted to attacks of a personal nature that affect especially Anne.
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| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumStill hard hitting teacher-in-ghetto tale. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkVic Morrow is excellent as the leader of a gang of thugs, as is Poitier in a star-making performance, though at age 31 he unfortunately doesn't convince as a high school student. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzTells us as much about teaching as Einstein's Theory of Relativity tells us about football. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullToday, Blackboard Jungle is surprisingly dated and ineffective. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumWriter-director Richard Brooks had a flair for sensationalism, and his adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel is loads of fun as a consequence, but don't expect much analysis or insight. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelPoitier’s acting is scalding hot. If The Blackboard Jungle is worth anything, it’s for bearing witness to a major star in the making. |
| Radio TimesAdrian TurnerRichard Brooks's film rams home its message without much subtlety. It has a footnote in history, though, for introducing rock music to mainstream cinema, courtesy of Bill Haley's Rock around the Clock. |
| The NationRobert HatchThe Blackboard Jungle is a sentimental melodrama masquerading as a social document, which in its own way is as dangerous a little gadget as a zip gun. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanOriginating the genre of 'dedicated teacher reaches troubled kids in a ghetto school', this is still affecting although heavy-handed. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherAs a straight melodrama of juvenile violence this is a vivid and hair-raising film. |
