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 (633 votes)
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Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Trevor Garfield
John Heard
Dave Childress
Kelly Rowan
Ellen Henry
Clifton Collins Jr.
Cesar Sanchez
Tony Plana
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Rita Martinez
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Larry Hyland
Demetrius Navarro
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Dominic Hoffman
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Liza del Mundo
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Leonard L. Thomas
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