| Edward James Olmos | Jaime A. Escalante |
| Lou Diamond Phillips | Angel Guzman |
| Rosanna DeSoto | Fabiola Escalante |
| Andy Garcia | Dr. Ramirez (Educational Testing Service) |
| Will Gotay | Pancho |
| Ingrid Oliu | Guadalupe 'Lupe' Escobar |
| Virginia Paris | Raquel Ortega |
| Mark Eliot | Tito |
Los Angeles high-school teacher Jaime Escalante leads a street punk and his classmates into calculus.
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