One Eight Seven

Kevin Reynolds
1997-07-29

When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?
6.7
119 min

When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.

Cast

Name Character Team
Samuel L. Jackson Trevor Garfield Hangin with Mr. Cooper
John Heard Dave Childress Unowned
Kelly Rowan Ellen Henry Unowned
Clifton Collins Jr. Cesar Sanchez Unowned
Tony Plana Principal Garcia Unowned
Karina Arroyave Rita Martinez Unowned
Lobo Sebastian Benny Chacon Unowned
Jack Kehler Larry Hyland Unowned
Jonah Rooney Stevie Littleton Unowned
Demetrius Navarro Paco Unowned
Ebony Monique Solomon Lakesia Unowned
Jonny Bogris Barsek Unowned
Dominic Hoffman Victor Unowned
Martha Velez Mrs. Chacon Unowned
Method Man Dennis Broadway Unowned
Kathryn Leigh Scott Anglo Woman Unowned
Sage Allen Teacher Unowned
Donal Gibson Animal Regulation Officer Unowned
Liza del Mundo Asian Girl Unowned
Vic Polizos Assistant Coroner Unowned
Leonard L. Thomas New York Assistant Principal Unowned
Antwon Tanner Augie Unowned
Joanna Sanchez Iris Unowned
Richard Riehle Walter Unowned
Esther Scott Mrs. Ford Unowned
Harri James Librarian Unowned
Esther Mercado Mrs. Santana Unowned
Chase A. Garland Straggling Student Unowned
Guy Torry Voice in Crowd Unowned