Overview
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Cast
- Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman
- Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante
- Andy Garcia as Dr. Ramirez
- Estelle Harris as Secretary
- Mark Phelan as Cop
- Virginia Paris as Raquel Ortega
- Eliot as Tito (as Mark Eliot)
- Adelaida Alvarez as Sexy Girl
- Carmen Argenziano as Molina