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Crisis at Central High

Year:
Duration:
125 min
Genres:
Drama | History
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Lamont Johnson
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1981-02-04
Filming Locations: Central High School - 1500 Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Joanne Woodward
Elizabeth Huckaby
Charles Durning
Jess Matthews
Henderson Forsythe
Glenn Huckaby
Calvin Levels
Ernest Green
William Russ
J.O. Powell
Tamu Blackwell
Caroline Fuller (as Tamu)
Shannon John
Donna Kirby
Bill Morey
Virgil Blossom
Tony Frank
Hildebrand
John William Galt
Mr. Kirby
Robert Ginnaven
General Thomas Woods
Lori Grupe
Marlene
Irma P. Hall
Lulu Richards
Jerry Haynes
General
Rosanna Huffman
Mrs. Farrow
Suzie Humphreys
Mrs. Kirby
Ray LePere
George Truitt
Pat Long
Billie Hobbs
Riona Martin
Carlotta Walls
Bonnie Pemberton
Maggie Armstrong
Regina Taylor
Minniejean Brown
Annabelle Weenick
Dorothy Truitt
Nina Wilson
Miss Pettijohn
Norma Young
Miss Opie
Mark D. Andrews
Soldier
Jerry Biggs
Bigot
Scott Campbell
Lenny Bell
Gary Lee Cavagnaro
Thug
Rex Cumming
Wagner
Beau Hughey
Bigot
Michael R. Keane
Student
Ben Stephenson
Ben
Lynette Walden
Student
Susan Williams
Student
William B. Jones
Reporter (uncredited)
Michael Minton
Student (uncredited)
Jess Sherman
Student (uncredited)
Jackie Stewart
Uncredited (uncredited)
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Trivia
The interiors were shot in historic Woodrow Wilson High School (built 1928) in the Lakewood area of Dallas, Texas. Many students, including the late Lance Bircher, were used in the filming. The students had trouble understanding the concept of separate schools for blacks and whites and the resulting struggles as the school was cited by the Supreme Court as a model for natural integration during the Dallas desegregation case. They were thrilled to receive a visit from Miss Woodward's husband, Paul Newman.
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The scene at the Halloween dance in which a boy begins to dance with one of the paper witches hanging from the ceiling was an ad-lib by the extra (the late Lance Bircher).
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