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Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase

Robert Mulligan

1967

  • Drama
7.1

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.

Cast & crew

  • Robert MulliganDirector
  • Sandy DennisSylvia Barrett
  • Patrick BedfordPaul Barringer
  • Eileen HeckartHenrietta Pastorfield
  • Ruth WhiteBeatrice Schacter
  • Jean StapletonSadie Finch
  • Sorrell BookeDr. Bester
  • Roy PooleMr. McHabe
  • Florence StanleyEllen Friedenberg

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