Up the Down Staircase

Movie

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.

Date: 06/28/1967

Rating: 6.9

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

Sandy Dennis