Lean on Me

Lean on Me

Actors:  Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume Directors:  John G. Avildsen

An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually he is successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story.