Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Sep 15, 1971

1h 30m

★ 3.2

The man who saw it coming before it hit the fan.

Overview

Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Gnossos "Paps" Pappadopoulis

Barry Primus

Heff

David Downing

Jack

Susan Tyrrell

Flip

Philip Shafer

Fitzgore

Bruce Davison

Mojo

Zack Norman

Juan Carlos Rosenbloom

Raúl Juliá

Father Pettis

James Noble

Beth

Cynthia Harris

Kristin

Linda De Coff

Kovacs

Guy Deghy

Agneau

Nicholas Hammond

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