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
Eileen Heckart
as Henrietta Pastorfield
Sorrell Booke
as Dr. Bester
Roy Poole
as Mr. McHabe
Frances Sternhagen
as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
Bud Cort
as Student
Jeff Howard
as Joe Ferone
Linda Gillen
as Student
Patrick Bedford
as Paul Barringer
Florence Stanley
as Ellen Friedenberg
Sandy Dennis
as Sylvia Barrett
Ruth White
as Beatrice Schacter
Jean Stapleton
as Sadie Finch
Esther Rolle
as Teacher
