Up the Down Staircase (1967)
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.
Up the Down StaircaseDrama
Cast
- Sandy Dennis — Sylvia Barrett
- Patrick Bedford — Paul Barringer
- Eileen Heckart — Henrietta Pastorfield
- Ruth White — Beatrice Schacter
- Jean Stapleton — Sadie Finch
- Sorrell Booke — Dr. Bester
- Roy Poole — Mr. McHabe
- Florence Stanley — Ellen Friedenberg
- Ellen O'Mara — Alice Blake
- Jeff Howard — Joe Ferone
- Vinnette Carroll — The Mother
- Martha Greenhouse — Mrs. Kagan
Where to watch Up the Down Staircase
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