Blackboard Jungle 1955

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: It gives a blood-curdling, nightmarish picture or monstrous disorder in a public school. And it leaves one wondering wildly whether such out-of-hand horrors can be. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Writer-director Richard Brooks had a flair for sensationalism, and his adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel is loads of fun as a consequence, but don't expect much analysis or insight. Read more

Time Out: The studied pseudo-documentary atmosphere never quite convinces. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Glenn Ford, Morrow and Poitier are so real in their performances under the probing direction by Brooks that the picture alternatingly has the viewer pleading, indignant and frightened before the conclusion. Read more