Up the Down Staircase

Jun 28, 1967

2h 4m

★ 7.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Park Place Production

Up the Down Staircase Trailers

Cast

Sylvia Barrett

Sandy Dennis

Paul Barringer

Patrick Bedford

Henrietta Pastorfield

Eileen Heckart

Beatrice Schacter

Ruth White

Sadie Finch

Jean Stapleton

Dr. Bester

Sorrell Booke

Mr. McHabe

Roy Poole

Ellen Friedenberg

Florence Stanley

Alice Blake

Ellen O'Mara

Joe Ferone

Jeff Howard

The Mother

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Mrs. Kagan

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