Up the Down Staircase
Up the Down Staircase
Release: 1967-06-28
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 7.0
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Park Place Production
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Florence Stanley
as Ellen Friedenberg
Bud Cort
as Student
Sorrell Booke
as Dr. Bester
Sandy Dennis
as Sylvia Barrett
Patrick Bedford
as Paul Barringer
Ruth White
as Beatrice Schacter
Jeff Howard
as Joe Ferone
Frances Sternhagen
as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
Esther Rolle
as Teacher
Linda Gillen
as Student
Eileen Heckart
as Henrietta Pastorfield
Jean Stapleton
as Sadie Finch
Roy Poole
as Mr. McHabe
