Blackboard Jungle

8.5/10. Watched this on May 19 on DVD.

In the 50 years since this controversial classic came out, it's been remade and riffed on so many times, it's hard to imagine the original having much impact. Yet it remains a powerful -- and singular -- portrait of wayward youth and the idealistic teacher who wants to save them.

Stars Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier and, in his screen debut, Vic Morrow.