Up The Down Staircase

feature film, 1967

DIRECTED BY: Robert Mulligan

Up The Down Staircase

CAST:
Sandy Dennis (Sylvia Barrett),
Patrick Bedford (Paul Barringer),
Eileen Heckart (Henrietta Pastorfield),
Ruth White (Beatrice Schacter),
Jean Stapleton (Sadie Finch)

SCRIPT:
Tad Mosel (prema romanu Bel Kaufman)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Joseph F. Coffey

Synopsis:
A young teacher bursting with ideals finds her first job in a problematic high school. In spite of bad working conditions and a school administration that is only interested in bureaucratic rules, Sylvia is determined to teach as much as she can to her students while encouraging them to strive for something more in their lives.

35 mm, color, 124 min