Movie · 1988
Stand and Deliver
“At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...”
Released 11 March 1988 103 min Drama More from 1988 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Estelle Harris
as Secretary
Virginia Paris
as Raquel Ortega
Carmen Argenziano
as Molina
Edward James Olmos
as Jaime A. Escalante
Rosanna DeSoto
as Fabiola Escalante
Andy Garcia
as Dr. Ramirez
Lou Diamond Phillips
as Angel Guzman
Vanessa Marquez
as Ana Delgado
Manuel Benitez
as Heavy Metal Boy
Bodie Olmos
as Fernando Escalante
Mark Phelan
as Cop
Eliot
as Tito (as Mark Eliot)
Adelaida Alvarez
as Sexy Girl
Graham Galloway
as Craig
Daniel Villarreal
as Chuco
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The numbers
$14mworldwide box office
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Estelle Harris — oldest on the call sheet
12Bodie Olmos — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast