Lean On Me

Name: Lean On Me
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-03-03
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Ethan Phillips

1989 · 1h 48m · Drama · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)

Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back.

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.

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John G. Avildsen

Written by

Michael Schiffer

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Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Ethan Phillips

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based on true storydrug dealingganghigh schoolpublic educationschool principalviolence in schools

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