Up the Down Staircase
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 124 mins
(22 votes)
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.
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.
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
- Elena Karam
- Maria Landa
- Candace Culkin
- Lew Wallach
- Salvatore Rasa
- Jose Rodriguez
- John Fantauzzi
- Bud Cort
- Esther Rolle
- Linda Gillen
Director
- Robert Mulligan
Producers
- Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter
- Tad Mosel
