Teachers
“They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.”
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
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Cast
65 people
Nick Nolte
Alex Jurel
Known for
Cape Fear
The Thin Red Line
JoBeth Williams
Lisa Hammond
Known for
Poltergeist
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Judd Hirsch
Roger Rubell
Known for
Independence Day
Forever
Ralph Macchio
Eddie Pilikian
Known for
Cobra Kai
The Karate Kid
Allen Garfield
Carl Rosenberg
Known for
The Conversation
Beverly Hills Cop II
Lee Grant
Dr. Donna Burke
Known for
Damien - Omen II
In the Heat of the Night
Richard Mulligan
Herbert Gower
Known for
Oliver & Company
Little Big Man
Royal Dano
Ditto Stiles
Known for
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
House II: The Second Story
William Schallert
Horn
Known for
Bag of Bones
North and South
Art Metrano
Troy
Known for
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Breathless
Laura Dern
Diane
Known for
Jurassic Park
Big Little Lies
Crispin Glover
Danny
Known for
Back to the Future
Alice in Wonderland
Arthur Hiller Director · W.R. McKinney Writer David M. Walsh Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $28M · Budget $9M · United States release October 5, 1984
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$27,774,237
Gross vs. budget
3.1×
Production
United Artists
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 5, 1984
Theatrical
Germany
April 19, 1985 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 23, 1988 · Theatrical · East Germany
Greece
October 6, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 1985 · Theatrical
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