Up the Down Staircase
Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."
1967 · 2h 4m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Robert Mulligan
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Mulligan Director
- 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
- Ellen O'Mara as Alice Blake
- Jeff Howard as Joe Ferone
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