Up the Down Staircase
Drama
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.
1967-06-28
en
Cast
Director
Robert Mulligan
Sandy Dennis as Sylvia Barrett
Patrick Bedford as Paul Barringer
Eileen Heckart as Henrietta Pastorfield
Ruth White as Beatrice Schacter
Jean Stapleton as Sadie Finch
Sorrell Booke as Dr. Bester
Roy Poole as Mr. McHabe
Florence Stanley as Ellen Friedenberg
Jeff Howard as Joe Ferone
Frances Sternhagen as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
Bud Cort as Student
Esther Rolle as Teacher
Linda Gillen as Student