Up the Down Staircase

Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."

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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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Creators

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Robert Mulligan

director

Tad Mosel

writer

Bel Kaufman

writer

Cast

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Sandy Dennis actor

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Patrick Bedford actor Eileen Heckart actor

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Ruth White actor Jean Stapleton actor Sorrell Booke actor Roy Poole actor Florence Stanley actor

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Ellen O'Mara actor

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Jeff Howard actor

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Vinnette Carroll actor Martha Greenhouse actor Frances Sternhagen actor

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Elena Karam actor

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Maria Landa actor

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Candace Culkin actor

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Lew Wallach actor

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Salvatore Rasa actor

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José Rodríguez actor

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John Fantauzzi actor