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Up the Down Staircase
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7.1Sylvia, 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.
Released: 1967-06-28124 minDir: Robert MulliganDrama
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Cast
- 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
Themes
- high school
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- suicide attempt
- teacher
- teacher student relationship
- high school teacher
- schoolteacher
- english teacher
- bad students
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
2,687 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
- Year
- 1967
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Creator
- Robert Mulligan
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Screenwriter
- Tad Mosel
- Cast member
- Frances Sternhagen
- Composer
- Fred Karlin
- Producer
- Alan J. Pakula
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 729851
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Up the Down Staircase (1967) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1967-06-28
- title
- Up the Down Staircase
- costume designer
- Ann Roth
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Folmar Blangsted
- review score
- 7/10
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