Synopsis
After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter BogdanovichDirector
- Trevor LawrenceOriginal Music Composer
- Philip RosenbergWriter
Cast
- Sidney PoitierMark Thackeray
- Christian PaytonWilsie Carrouthers
- Dana EskelsonEvie
- Fernando LópezDanny Laredo
- Casey LluberesRebecca Torrado
- Michael GilioFrankie Davanon
- LZ GrandersonArch Carrouthers
- Bernadette SpeakesLaVerne Mariner
- Jamie KolackiStan Cameli
- Saundra SantiagoLouisa Rodgriguez
- Cheryl Lynn BruceEmily Taylor
- LuluBarbara Pegg
Stills
Themes
chicago, illinoiseducationteacherjuvenile delinquency