Up the Down Staircase

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.

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Top cast

Sandy Dennis

Sylvia Barrett

Patrick Bedford

Paul Barringer

Eileen Heckart

Henrietta Pastorfield

Ruth White

Beatrice Schacter

Jean Stapleton

Sadie Finch

Sorrell Booke

Dr. Bester

Roy Poole

Mr. McHabe

Florence Stanley

Ellen Friedenberg

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Ellen O'Mara

Alice Blake

Jeff Howard

Joe Ferone

V

Vinnette Carroll

The Mother

M

Martha Greenhouse

Mrs. Kagan

Frances Sternhagen

Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian

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Elena Karam

School Nurse

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Maria Landa

Carole Blanca

C

Candace Culkin

Linda Rosen

L

Lew Wallach

Lou Martin

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Salvatore Rasa

Harry A. Kagan

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Jose Rodriguez

Jose Rodriguez

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John Fantauzzi

Eddie Williams

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