Teachers, a satiricaI, dramatic and often comic look at the life of the modern day teacher, stars Nick NoIte (The Deep) as Alex Jurel, a once ideaIistic high schooI teacher now burned out by a system. With a lawsuit filed by an ilIiterate student, the recipient of a passing grade and diploma, Alex is surprised to Iearn that the Iawyer assigned to handIe the case (JoBeth WiIIiams, The Big ChiIl) turns out to be Alex's former star pupiI. Teachers co-stars Judd Hirsch (Ordinary PeopIe, TV's Taxi), Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid, The Outsiders), AlIen Garfield (The Conversation, Beverly HiIIs Cop), Lee Grant (ln The Heat of The Night, ValIey of The DoIls), Richard Mulligan (S.O.B., TV's Soap), Laura Dern (Blue VeIvet, Wild) and Steven HiII (The Firm, TV's Law & Order). |