Up the Down Staircase

Name: Up the Down Staircase
Director: Robert Mulligan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1967-06-28
Duration: 124 min
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton

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1967 · 124 min · NR · Drama · TMDB 7.1/10

Overview

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Cast

Sandy Dennis — Sylvia Barrett
Patrick Bedford — Paul Barringer
Eileen Heckart — Henrietta Pastorfield
Ruth White — Beatrice Schacter
Jean Stapleton — Sadie Finch