Allan Arkush on BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
3,759 views · Published 20 September 2013 · 3:35 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: Trailers From Hell · 2013 · Film & Animation
A turning point for rock and roll. Bill Haley and the Comets provide the groundbreaking context as former teacher turned crime writer Evan Hunter's novel becomes, in the hands of director Richard Brooks, primarily an expose of the corruption of urban school systems. Uncharacteristically realistic for the period, this set the tone for another half decade of juvenile delinquency exploitation films.
