Summary
When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.
Details
Release Date: July 29, 1997
Runtime: 119 minutes
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10 (639 votes)
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Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Trevor
John Heard
Childress
Kelly Rowan
Ellen
Clifton Collins Jr.
Cesar
Tony Plana
Garcia
Karina Arroyave
Rita
Lobo Sebastian
Benny
Jack Kehler
Hyland
Demetrius Navarro
Paco
Ebony Monique Solomon
Lakesia
Dominic Hoffman
Victor
Martha Velez
Mrs. Chacon
Method Man
Dennis Broadway
Sage Allen
Teacher
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Anglo Woman
Donal Gibson
Animal Regulation Officer
Liza del Mundo
Asian Girl
Vic Polizos
Assistant Coroner
Leonard L. Thomas
New York Assistant Principal
Antwon Tanner
Augie
Joanna Sanchez
Iris
Richard Riehle
Walter
Esther Scott
Mrs. Ford
Guy Torry
Voice in Crowd (voice)
Jami Philbrick
Student (uncredited)
Kenya D. Williamson
Cashier (uncredited)