Up The Down Staircase
feature film, 1967
DIRECTED BY: Robert Mulligan
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