In which film did Sidney Poitier play a disruptive pupil, and Glenn Ford a harassed teacher?
Glenn Ford in the following year in "Human Desire", loosely based on "La Bete Humaine", the 1870 Emile Zola novel. "Framed," "Experiment in Terror" with Lee Remick, and "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" were other dramas, often expensive and high-profile projects, if not always profitable, from the studio. "Blackboard Jungle" (1955) was a landmark film of teen angst. Unlike the comparatively white-bread "Rebel Without A Cause" and "The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle" tackled racial conflicts head-on as Ford played an idealistic but harassed teacher of an urban high school that included a very young Sidney Poitier and other black and Hispanic cast
Sidney Poitier Joanna Shimkus, a Canadian former actress, since January 23, 1976. He has four daughters with his first wife and two with his second: Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, Gina, Anika, and Sydney Tamiia. In addition to his six daughters, Poitier has eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Poitier has written three autobiographical books: Poitier is also the subject of the biography "Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon" (2004) by historian Aram Goudsouzian. Poitier wrote the novel "Montaro Caine", released in May 2013. Informational notes Citations Sidney Poitier Sir Sidney Poitier, (; born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.