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Blackboard Jungle
1955 · Released · 101 min · United States · English
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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