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Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American drama\social commentary film based on Evan Hunter's 1954 novel "The Blackboard Jungle" that starred Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier. It was released on March 19, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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  • Blackboard Jungle
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  • Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American drama\social commentary film based on Evan Hunter's 1954 novel "The Blackboard Jungle" that starred Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier. It was released on March 19, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
  • Peel mentioned seeing the film as a teenager on the 1994 BBC World Service documentary called Teenagers, where he described how he related to the film when he was a teenager: "Blackboard Jungle I suppose was the first time when I saw the film and heard Rock 'n' Roll Around The Clock, which was the kind of theme tune to it, I thought this is me, this is about me, well quite clearly it wasn't, it was mainly about black kids in New York, well I certainly wasn't a black kid or living in New York, it wasn't much about me at all, but at the same time you could kind of identify with it." [1]
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Starring
Editing
Runtime
  • 6060.0
Producer
Country
  • United States
Name
  • Blackboard Jungle
Caption
  • theatrical release poster
Language
  • English
Cinematography
  • Russell Harlan, ASC
Music
  • Max C. Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight , Willis Holman , Jenny Lou Carson
Gross
  • 8144000.0
Distributor
Budget
  • 1168000.0
Writer
  • Richard Brooks
Director
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  • Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American drama\social commentary film based on Evan Hunter's 1954 novel "The Blackboard Jungle" that starred Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier. It was released on March 19, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
  • Peel mentioned seeing the film as a teenager on the 1994 BBC World Service documentary called Teenagers, where he described how he related to the film when he was a teenager: "Blackboard Jungle I suppose was the first time when I saw the film and heard Rock 'n' Roll Around The Clock, which was the kind of theme tune to it, I thought this is me, this is about me, well quite clearly it wasn't, it was mainly about black kids in New York, well I certainly wasn't a black kid or living in New York, it wasn't much about me at all, but at the same time you could kind of identify with it." [1]
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