Lean on Me

Lean on Me

1989 · 1 hr 48 min · PG-13

Biography, Drama

Directors

John G. Avildsen

Actors

  • Morgan Freeman
  • Beverly Todd
  • Robert Guillaume

Summary

The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.

More about this movie

An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually he is successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story.

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