
Feature film — 1967
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.
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Park Place Production
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Director: Robert Mulligan
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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