To Sir, With Love II
NR
6.3
1996
1 hr 32 min
Drama
, TV Movie
After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.
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- Cast：
- Sidney Poitier , Dana Eskelson , Michael Gilio , Saundra Santiago , Cheryl Lynn Bruce , Lulu , Judy Geeson
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