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Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase

7.1 (27) ·1967 ·124 min ·Movie
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.

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Sandy Dennis
Sandy Dennis
Sylvia Barrett
Patrick Bedford
Patrick Bedford
Paul Barringer
Eileen Heckart
Eileen Heckart
Henrietta Pastorfield
Ruth White
Ruth White
Beatrice Schacter
Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton
Sadie Finch
Sorrell Booke
Sorrell Booke
Dr. Bester
Roy Poole
Roy Poole
Mr. McHabe
Florence Stanley
Florence Stanley
Ellen Friedenberg
Ellen O'Mara
Alice Blake
Jeff Howard
Jeff Howard
Joe Ferone

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