Up the Down Staircase

Name: Up the Down Staircase
Rating: 7.1

Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."

NR Drama

Starring: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton

Writer: Tad Mosel, Bel Kaufman

Release Date:
June 28, 1967

Ratings:
7.1 / 10

Director:
Robert Mulligan

Companies:
Park Place Production

Overview

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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