
Cheaters(2000)
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.


“She loves her students...to death.”
A high school substitute English teacher resorts to murder to protect her murderous dark past while seducing a student who begins to suspect her true identity.

Amanda Donohoe
Gayle Richards/Laura Ellington

Natasha Gregson Wagner
Jenny

Mark Wahlberg
Ryan Westerberg

Dalton James
Josh Wyatt

Eugene Robert Glazer
Ben Wyatt

Patricia Gage
Principal Beatty

Shelley Owens
Amy Cooper
Brigitta
Margo

David Frankham
Riggs

Christian Svensson
David Korczuk
The Substitute is a drama, thriller, tv movie film released in 1993. Directed by Martin Donovan, it stars Amanda Donohoe, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Mark Wahlberg. A high school substitute English teacher resorts to murder to protect her murderous dark past while seducing a student who begins to suspect her true identity.
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