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Up the Down Staircase

69% | Jun 28, 1967 | Drama

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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Robert Mulligan
Director
Tad Mosel
Screenplay

Cast

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Sandy Dennis
Sylvia Barrett
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Patrick Bedford
Paul Barringer
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Eileen Heckart
Henrietta Pastorfield
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Ruth White
Beatrice Schacter
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Jean Stapleton
Sadie Finch

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