Up the Down Staircase

1967 "Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher...""
Up the Down Staircase
7.3| 2h4m| NR| en| Drama
Storyline

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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  • Up the Down Staircase Cast
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
Frances Sternhagen as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian