Up the Down Staircase (1967)
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.
- Released
- 1967-06-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tad Mosel, Robert Mulligan
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 28 votes
Cast
- Sandy Dennis as Sylvia Barrett
- Patrick Bedford as Paul Barringer
- 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 Ellen Friedenberg
- Ellen O'Mara as Alice Blake
- Jeff Howard as Joe Ferone
- Vinnette Carroll as The Mother
- Martha Greenhouse as Mrs. Kagan