Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back.
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
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Cast
- Morgan FreemanPrincipal Joe Clark
- Beverly ToddMs. Levias
- Robert GuillaumeDr. Frank Napier
- Ethan PhillipsMr. Rosenberg
- Lynne ThigpenLeonna Barrett
- Michael BeachMr. Darnell
- Tony ToddMr. William Wright
- Karen Malina WhiteKaneesha Carter
- Alan NorthMayor Don Bottman
- Robin BartlettMrs. Elliott
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- John G. AvildsenDirector
- Michael SchifferWriter
- Victor HammerDirector of Photography
- Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
- John G. AvildsenEditor
- John CarterEditor
- Norman TwainProducer
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