1955 · 1h 41m · Crime, Drama
Blackboard Jungle
Directed byRichard Brooks
IMDb
7.4
10.7K votes
Metacritic
67
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
critics
Box office
$8.14M
7.0x its $1.17M budget
Released Mar 25, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Critics (Metacritic)67
Audience (IMDb x 10)74
Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 7 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Writers
- Richard BrooksEvan Hunter
- Cinematography
- Russell Harlan
- Editing
- Ferris Webster
- Producers
- Pandro S. Berman
4 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1956Richard Brooks
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1956Ferris Webster
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1956Russell Harlan
- NominatedBest Production Design (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1956Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace
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