Lean on Me
1989, Film, 108 min, Biography, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 71
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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Directed by John G. Avildsen
Cast
- Morgan Freeman as Principal Joe Clark
- Beverly Todd as Ms. Levias
- Robert Guillaume as Dr. Frank Napier
- Alan North as Mayor Don Bottman
- Lynne Thigpen as Leonna Barrett
- Robin Bartlett as Mrs. Elliott
- Michael Beach as Mr. Darnell
- Ethan Phillips as Mr. Rosenberg
- Sandra Reaves-Phillips as Mrs. Powers
- Sloane Shelton as Mrs. Hamilton
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