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6.0/10   312 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Donald Martin (written by)
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Welcome To The School Of Hard Knocks.
Plot:
An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison. | add synopsis
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Cast

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D.L. Hughley ... Ben Cross

Jose Pablo Cantillo ... Gabriel Garcia

Daniel Louis Rivas ... Pretty
Barry Shabaka Henley ... Virgil
Kristen Wilson ... Helen
Jerry Quickley ... Tone

Tony Lee ... Korean Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

David Andriole ... Councilman Yorkin

Mark Berry ... Rasheed Jackson
Georg Stanford Brown ... Warden

Rob Brownstein ... Duncan Towers
Lizette Carrion ... Rosa
Dan Desmond ... Randolph
Lorenzo Eduardo ... Double B

Justin Rodgers Hall ... Prisoner
Kelli Jackson ... Valeria Johnson
Juanita Jennings ... Bella

Janis Jones ... Prison Guard

David Kagen ... Peter Travers

Page Kennedy ... Page
Eben Kostbar ... Geeky White Kid
Rege Lewis ... Kevin Marshall
Cynthia Martell ... Loretta
Danny Martinez ... Prison Slam Poet

Jesus Mayorga ... Pablo
Damien Midkiff ... Jamie Hanson

Sandra Nelson ... Louise
Paul Vincent O'Connor ... Captain O'Leary

Erlinda Orozco ... Monica
Alonso 'Scooter' Powell ... Street Drummer
Christian Redd ... Hood #1

Cisco Reyes ... Poetry Kid

Pablo Santos ... Minnow

Vicellous Reon Shannon ... Sammy One
Tony Shore ... Prisoner
Deborah Strang ... Dr. Beecher

Angela Sun ... Anna MacDonald
C.C. Taylor ... Cop #1

Mandy June Turpin ... Nurse Browning
Benny Urquidez ... Boxer
Rolonda Watts ... June Rutherford

Casey Williams ... Carol Horst

Charles Winkler ... Prosecutor
Margo Winkler ... Judge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rikers (USA) (working title)
Untitled D.L. Hughley Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, pervasive language, some nudity and drug content.
Runtime:
115 min | Argentina:114 min
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A talented man, a inspiring film, 27 September 2005
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Author: Dru_Raga from United States

Jose Cantillo is so fine. He truly brought out the character in the role he played. I am so in Love with his style. He is one of the best actors in the entertainment industry and he should get recognized as that. I am sure that years to come he will stand out. He is a dream to me, "All that and a bag of chips." I would go to see anything he plays in. The film was really inspiring, I love the poetic parts about it. I am a poet myself and poetry has a way of making a person think. DL he really played a wonderful part as a teacher in a rough environment. This is one of his best roles. I have seen him in comedy, I enjoyed him playing a more serious role. He don't take no **** out of no one in this film and that is great. The ending of this movie was really sad but it touched my heart. It inspired me to write a poem. I hope to see more movies with this poetic vibe soon. I truly loved it, I want to buy a copy!!

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