The Substitute

The Substitute is a 1996 action-crime-thriller film directed by Robert Mandel and starring Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Marc Anthony, William Forsythe, Raymond Cruz, and Luis Guzmán. The plot revolves around Shale (Berenger), a mercenary and a Vietnam veteran who goes undercover as a high school teacher in Miami to combat a gang. In the beginning of the film Shale comes home from a disastrous mission where three of his men were killed in an operat... More

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  • Jul 12, 1996

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R (USA)

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  • 1 h 54 min

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Robert Mandel

Robert Mandel is a film producer and director and television director from Oakland, California. He is best known for his film School Ties, which launched the careers of Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser and Chris O'Donnell. Robert Mandel was born in Oakland, California, but grew...

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  • He has a lesson to teach. And nobody's going to have a problem with it.

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  • 1 h 54 min

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  • 6,227
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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