Up the Down Staircase
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton, Sorrell Booke, Roy Poole, Florence Stanley, Ellen O'Mara, Jeff Howard, Vinnette Carroll, Martha Greenhouse, Frances Sternhagen
Crew: Robert Mulligan (Director), Tad Mosel (Screenplay), Alixe Gordin (Casting), Alan J. Pakula (Producer), Bel Kaufman (Novel)
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