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Up the Down Staircase

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

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Up the Down Staircase — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • June 28, 1967
  • Runtime
  • 124 min
  • Genres
  • Drama
  • Director
  • Robert Mulligan

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Up the Down Staircase — Cast

Sandy Dennis photo Sandy Dennis Sylvia Barrett Patrick Bedford photo Patrick Bedford Paul Barringer Eileen Heckart photo Eileen Heckart Henrietta Pastorfield Ruth White photo Ruth White Beatrice Schacter Jean Stapleton photo Jean Stapleton Sadie Finch Sorrell Booke photo Sorrell Booke Dr. Bester Roy Poole photo Roy Poole Mr. McHabe Florence Stanley photo Florence Stanley Ellen Friedenberg

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