Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."

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.

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  • Release Date: 1967-06-28
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Director: Robert Mulligan

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Cast

  • Sandy Dennis

    Sylvia Barrett

  • Patrick Bedford

    Paul Barringer

  • Eileen Heckart

    Henrietta Pastorfield

  • Ruth White

    Beatrice Schacter

  • Jean Stapleton

    Sadie Finch

  • Sorrell Booke

    Dr. Bester

  • Roy Poole

    Mr. McHabe

  • Florence Stanley

    Ellen Friedenberg

  • Ellen O'Mara

    Alice Blake

  • Jeff Howard

    Joe Ferone

  • Vinnette Carroll

    The Mother

  • Martha Greenhouse

    Mrs. Kagan

  • Frances Sternhagen

    Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian

  • Elena Karam

    School Nurse

  • Maria Landa

    Carole Blanca

  • Candace Culkin

    Linda Rosen

  • Lew Wallach

    Lou Martin

  • Salvatore Rasa

    Harry A. Kagan

  • Jose Rodriguez

    Jose Rodriguez

  • John Fantauzzi

    Eddie Williams

  • Bud Cort

    Student

  • Esther Rolle

    Teacher

  • Linda Gillen

    Student

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