Up the Down Staircase
28/06/1967
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.
Movie Information
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
Ellen O'Mara
as Alice Blake
Jeff Howard
as Joe Ferone
Vinnette Carroll
as The Mother
Martha Greenhouse
as Mrs. Kagan
Frances Sternhagen
as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
Elena Karam
as School Nurse
Maria Landa
as Carole Blanca
Candace Culkin
as Linda Rosen
Lew Wallach
as Lou Martin
Salvatore Rasa
as Harry A. Kagan
Jose Rodriguez
as Jose Rodriguez
John Fantauzzi
as Eddie Williams
Bud Cort
as Student
Esther Rolle
as Teacher
Linda Gillen
as Student
