Lean on Me Movie Review 1989

The romanticized version of the career of Joe Clark, a tough New Jersey teacher who became the principal of the state's toughest, worst school and, through controversial hard-line tactics, turned it around.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

High School, True Stories, Dedicated Teachers, African America, New Jersey

Screenplay

Michael Schiffer

Cast

Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume, Beverly Todd, Alan North, Lynne Thigpen, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach, Ethan Phillips, Regina Taylor

Cinematography

Victor Hammer

Director

John G. Avildsen

Music

Bill Conti

Producer

Warner