Griffin Byrne is a newly assigned teacher to a Catholic high school in an inner-city near slum neighbourhood of New York, which is run down by headmaster Father Frank Larkin. There, he meets and tries to help Lee Cortez, a smart boy from a poor and troubled family. Lee has a good heart and artistic skills, but is constantly dragged down by his social environment and about to leave the school. Byrne’s struggle to help Lee reflects the struggles and difficulties which the school is being subjected to every day.
Director: Richard Pearce.
Writer: Bill Cain.
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Dan Futterman, Carlo Alban, Luna Lauren Velez, Josh Mostel, Peter Maloney, Vincent Laresca, Rosanna DeSoto, Dick Latessa, Grace Garland, Brandon Segarra, Travis Delingua, Agustin Rodriguez, Floyd Resnick, Lanisha Mora, Frances Conroy, Steve Ryan, Angel Caban, Iris Little Thomas, Daniel Guarda, Joey Franquinha, Hector Bernard, Rick Gonzalez, Maximo Lopez, Rony Clanton, David Reilly, Ray Stein, Meryl Newbern.
Cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber.
Composer: Mark Adler.
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Mickey Rourke as a priest who cares, but not too much & underplaying enough, to steal the movie from Dan Futterman who has the lead role of teacher in an inner city school..
“School….which is run down by headmaster Father Frank Larkin.”
The school’s run down, but it’s not his fault, he just runs it with limited resources?
I saw Thicker Than Blood (1998) long enough ago to need to rewatch the start here – thanks for the up – to remember it.
Like many TVMs, it’s very watchable, without any wasted scenes or dialogue confusing a simple story. Fairly sure the plot’s exactly how you’d imagine it – young teacher helping kids avoid crime, although the title suggests a choice has to be made between school, crime, and family, and I don’t remember that bit – probably some conflict in the teacher’s private life too. I might have also confused some of it with the bad cop turned good teacher on The Wire too (the one who had rage issues, so couldn’t be a teacher IRL, but they somehow disappeared at his school – also had a dominant father/in-law, or something).
Supposedly Mickey Rourke’s favourite film he was in (the young teacher is the lead), and certainly one of the few decent films he made after his ’80s stardom – Year of the Dragon (1985) being his actual best film and best performance.