Teachers

Name: Teachers
Director: Arthur Hiller
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1984-10-05
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 5.688
Cast: Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield

“They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.”

1984

1h 47m

Comedy Drama

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: W.R. McKinney

Overview

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.