Blackboard Jungle
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Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American drama film about an inner-city teacher confronting juvenile delinquency in a tough high school, noted for its early use of rock and roll music and its influence on youth culture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Blackboard Jungle | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Cedric Gibbons
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Malcolm Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Blackboard Jungle (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Evan Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Gregory Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Russell Harlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Helen Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ferris Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEra | Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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social problem film ⓘ teen film ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Jungle ⓘ |
| influenced |
public perception of teenage rebellion
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use of rock and roll in later films ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Richard Dadier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Glenn Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
education
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juvenile delinquency ⓘ youth violence ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | Approved ⓘ |
| musicFeatured | Rock Around the Clock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | teacher confronting violent students ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of classroom discipline problems
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early use of rock and roll music in film ⓘ influence on youth culture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-03-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | inner-city high school ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| songPerformer | Bill Haley & His Comets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anne Francis
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Glenn Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Calhern NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Kiley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ Vic Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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