Stand and Deliver

1988 · Directed by Ramón Menéndez

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.

comedy drama

Cast: Andy García, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Rosanna DeSoto, Carmen Argenziano, Vanessa Marquez, Bodie Olmos, Eliot, Mark Phelan

Rating: 7.649/10 from 275 votes