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Blackboard Jungle

1955 · Released · 101 min · United States · English

Drama Teen Coming-of-age

Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting grown adults as high-school teens, and for the unique breakout role of a black cast member, Sidney Poitier, as rebellious yet musically talented student Gregory Miller.

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Also known as

Deutsch
Die Saat der Gewalt
Español
Semilla de maldad
Français
Graine de violence
Italiano
Il seme della violenza
日本語
暴力教室
한국어
폭력 교실
Polski
Szkolna dżungla

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