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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.
Lean On Me is a film that explores themes of high school, violence in schools, based on true story. It also touches on gang and drug dealing and school principal.
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Director
John G. Avildsen
Cast
Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Ethan Phillips, Lynne Thigpen, Michael Beach, Tony Todd, Karen Malina White, Alan North, Robin Bartlett
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Lean On Me
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7.3/10
RT Critics
71%
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Director
John G. Avildsen
Cast
Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Ethan Phillips, Lynne Thigpen, Michael Beach, Tony Todd, Karen Malina White, Alan North, Robin Bartlett
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high school · violence in schools · based on true story · gang · drug dealing · school principal · public education
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