Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

• DirectorJohn N. Smith
• Release11 August 1995
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 39m
• Budget$23,000,000
• Revenue$179,519,401
• Rate
  

  6.979
  1191 reviews
• Productions

  Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Hollywood Pictures, Via Rosa Productions