Niemand weet wanneer Joe Clark de bijnaam 'Crazy Joe' kreeg. Misschien in 1967, toen hij als jonge onderwijzer de zak kreeg 'wegens wanorde'. 20 Jaar later is Clark op de school-hel Eastside High. Hij barricadeert de deuren om drug-dealers buiten te houden en verwijdert 300 recidivisten.
Nee, helaas is Lean On Me nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John G. Avildsen | Director |
| Camera | Victor Hammer | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Michael Schiffer | Writer |
| Production | Norman Twain | Producer |
| Production | John G. Avildsen | Executive Producer |
| Editing | John G. Avildsen | Editor |
| Sound | Bill Conti | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer von Mayrhauser | Costume Design |
| Sound | Brooks Arthur | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Michael Schiffer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Doug Seelig | Associate Producer |
| Editing | John Carter | Editor |
| Art | Doug Kraner | Production Design |
| Production | Joseph P. Kane | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Dwight Williams | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joseph Ray | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Tim Galvin | Art Direction |
| Art | Caryl Heller | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Ira Hurvitz | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Tom C. McCarthy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Burton Weinstein | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stephen A. Hope | Music Editor |
| Sound | George Craig | Music Editor |
| Sound | Kim Maitland | Boom Operator |
| Sound | T.J. O'Mara | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Alec Hirschfeld | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Anastas N. Michos | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toy Van Lierop | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie De Mille | Hair Department Head |
| Lighting | Michael F. Burke | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Russell Engels | Best Boy Electric |
| Crew | Harry Madsen | Stunt Coordinator |
