Up the Down Staircase

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Sandy DennisSylvia Barrett

Patrick BedfordPaul Barringer

Eileen HeckartHenrietta Pastorfield

Ruth WhiteBeatrice Schacter

Jean StapletonSadie Finch

Sorrell BookeDr. Bester

Roy PooleMr. McHabe

Florence StanleyEllen Friedenberg

Ellen O'Mara

Ellen O'MaraAlice Blake

Jeff HowardJoe Ferone

Vinnette Carroll

Vinnette CarrollThe Mother

Martha Greenhouse

Martha GreenhouseMrs. Kagan