Up the Down Staircase

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

  Sylvia Barrett
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  Patrick Bedford

  Paul Barringer
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  Eileen Heckart

  Henrietta Pastorfield
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  Ruth White

  Beatrice Schacter
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  Jean Stapleton

  Sadie Finch
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  Sorrell Booke

  Dr. Bester
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  Roy Poole

  Mr. McHabe
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  Florence Stanley

  Ellen Friedenberg
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  Jeff Howard

  Joe Ferone
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  Frances Sternhagen

  Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian