Lean On Me

March. 03,1989      PG-13
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Morgan Freeman as  Principal Joe Clark
Beverly Todd as  Ms. Levias
Robert Guillaume as  Dr. Frank Napier
Ethan Phillips as  Mr. Rosenberg
Lynne Thigpen as  Leonna Barrett
Michael Beach as  Mr. Darnell
Tony Todd as  Mr. William Wright
Karen Malina White as  Kaneesha Carter
Alan North as  Mayor Don Bottman
Robin Bartlett as  Mrs. Elliott

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