Director
John G. Avildsen
Actors
Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume
Runtime
1 h 48 min
Release Date
3 March 1989
Genres
Drama
Overview
ADULT LANGUAGE When principal Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) 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 lin