[Thump] Aah!

Description: A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.

Cast:
Richard Dadier: Glenn Ford
Anne Dadier: Anne Francis
Jim Murdock: Louis Calhern
Lois Judby Hammond: Margaret Hayes
Mr. Warneke: John Hoyt
Joshua Y. Edwards: Richard Kiley
Mr. Halloran: Emile Meyer
Dr. Bradley: Warner Anderson
Prof. A.R. Kraal: Basil Ruysdael
Gregory W. Miller: Sidney Poitier
Artie West: Vic Morrow
Belazi: Dan Terranova
Pete V. Morales: Rafael Campos
Emmanuel Stoker: Paul Mazursky
Detective: Horace McMahon
Santini: Jamie Farr
De Lica: Danny Dennis
Lou Savoldi: David Alpert
Bit Role: Nikki Juston
Student: Bobby Somers
Miss Brady: Henny Backus
Wilson: Doyle Baker
Bartender: Benny Burt
Irate Mother: Joan Danton
Latino Student: Valentin de Vargas
Mr. Stanley: Richard Deacon
Child: Gary Diamond
Hospital Attendant: James Drury
Daly: John Erman
George Katz: Robert Foulk
Electrician: Jack Gargan
Applicant: Chuck Hicks
Mr. Lefkowitz: Paul Hoffman
Needles - a Teenager: Teddy Infuhr
Frightened Student: Tommy Ivo
Mechanic: Ike Jones
Italian Restaurant Table Extra: Kenner G. Kemp
Peewee: Carl Kress
Boy on Bus: Skip Torgerson
Manners: Tom McKee
Krauss: Jerry Mickelsen
Joe Murray, Attacker of Miss Hammond: Peter Miller
Frank Adams: Jimmy Murphy
Miss Panucci: Dorothy Neumann
Italian Restaurant Proprietor: Manuel París
Teacher in Lounge: Virginia Pherrin
Carter: Gerald Phillips
Levy: Chris Randall
Minor Role: William Rhinehart
Radio Announcer: Willard Sage
Father: Emil Sitka
Kid: Lee Stanley
Tomita: Yoshihiro Tomita
Bystander at Accident Scene: Arthur Tovey
Mrs. Brophy: Martha Wentworth
Murphy: Jerry Wynne

Written by: Richard Brooks, Evan Hunter

Director: Richard Brooks

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: 25 Mar 1955