The Student Teachers

The Student Teachers
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Produced by Julie Corman
Written by Jonathan Kaplan
Danny Opatoshu
Starring Susan Damante
Brooke Mills
Brenda Sutton
Music by David Nichtern
Production
company
Release dates
  • June 1973 (1973-06)
Running time
 90 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget under $100,000[1]
Box office $1,078,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2]

The Student Teachers is a 1973 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It was inspired by the "nurse" cycle of pictures starting with The Student Nurses (1970). Roger Corman says it was one of the best of the cycle.[3]

Plot

Three new high school teachers use unconventional methods to get through to their students. Rachel teaches after-school sex education; Tracey gets involved with nude photography; Jody recruits a former drop out to help with a half-way house and gets involved with a drug ring.

Cast

Production

A draft was written by Kaplan and Danny Opatoshu, but Corman asked for it to be rewritten.

It was shot in 15 days for under $100,000, including three days shooting at the Paramount Ranch. Corman removed a number of jokes from the final chase sequence so it was played straighter.[1]

Casting

The lead was written for Patti Byrne who was in Kaplan's earlier Night Call Nurses but she did not commit and the role ended up being played by Susan Damante. Kaplan's sister Nora Helfin and mother Frances Heflin are in the cast and share a scene together. Chuck Norris makes a small role of a Karate advisor.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jon Davison on The Student Teachers at Trailers From Hell
  2. ↑ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60
  3. ↑ Ed. J. Philip di Franco, The Movie World of Roger Corman, Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 181

External links

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