Up the Down Staircase
“Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."”
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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Cast
23 people
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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Sorrell Booke
Dr. Bester
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Roy Poole
Mr. McHabe
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Florence Stanley
Ellen Friedenberg
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Dinosaurs
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Ellen O'Mara
Alice Blake
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Night of the Juggler
Kojak
Jeff Howard
Joe Ferone
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Trust
The Unbelievable Truth
Vinnette Carroll
The Mother
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Alice's Restaurant
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Martha Greenhouse
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Robert Mulligan Director · Tad Mosel Screenplay Bel Kaufman Author
Worldwide gross $5M · United States release June 28, 1967 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Production
Park Place Production
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 28, 1967
Theatrical
Russia
June 30, 1967 · Theatrical
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