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Stand and Deliver

Edward James Olmos gives an outstanding performance as a strict public school math teacher who commits himself to his East L.A. students as they prepare for a difficult mathematics test. A moving tribute to the tenacity of Jaime Escalante, the real-life teacher on whom the story is based.

Year: 1987
Genre: True Stories
Country: USA
Director: Ramon Menendez
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips
Duration: 105 Minutes
Rating: PG
7.3/10
Location in store: Drama

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