Up the Down Staircase
1967 · Movie · NR · 124 min · ★ 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.
Based on Up the Down Staircase
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Details
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-06-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 124 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (26 votes)
Themes
- high school
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- suicide attempt
- teacher
- teacher student relationship
- high school teacher
- schoolteacher
- english teacher
- bad students
- student threatens teacher
Cast & crew
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
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Ellen O'Mara
as Alice Blake
Jeff Howard
as Joe Ferone
Directed by Robert Mulligan