Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."
1967 · NR · 2h 4m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writers: Tad Mosel, Bel Kaufman
Music by: Fred Karlin
Cinematography: Joseph F. Coffey
Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Cast
Sandy Dennis as Sylvia BarrettPatrick Bedford as Paul BarringerEileen Heckart as Henrietta PastorfieldRuth White as Beatrice SchacterJean Stapleton as Sadie FinchSorrell Booke as Dr. BesterRoy Poole as Mr. McHabeFlorence Stanley as Ellen FriedenbergEllen O'Mara as Alice BlakeJeff Howard as Joe FeroneVinnette Carroll as The MotherMartha Greenhouse as Mrs. KaganMore like this
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