Up the Down Staircase
1967, Film, 124 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 68
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.
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Cast
- Patrick Bedford as Paul Barringer
- Sandy Dennis as Sylvia Barrett
- Eileen Heckart as Henrietta Pastorfield
- Ruth White as Beatrice Schacter
- Jean Stapleton as Sadie Finch
- Sorrell Booke as Dr. Bester
- Roy Poole as Mr. McHabe
- Florence Stanley as Ella Friedenberg
- Vinnette Carroll as The Mother
- Janice Mars as Miss Gordon
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