Up the Down Staircase
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.
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Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..." 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.
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Directors
Robert Mulligan
Writers
Tad Mosel, Bel Kaufman
Cast
Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton, Sorrell Booke, Roy Poole, Florence Stanley, Ellen O'Mara, Jeff Howard, Vinnette Carroll, Martha Greenhouse, Frances Sternhagen, Elena Karam, Maria Landa
Production
Park Place Production
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America
