Teachers
Released: October 5, 1984Runtime: 107 minLanguage: EN
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
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Nick Nolte
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Jobeth Williams
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Judd Hirsch
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Ralph Macchio
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Allen Garfield
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Lee Grant
as Dr. Donna Burke
Richard Mulligan
as Herbert Gower
Royal Dano
as Kenneth 'Ditto' Stiles
William Schallert
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Art Metrano
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