![Up the Down Staircase Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//sYhmhTdltV030QvotEqiVx9I1L3.jpg)
Up the Down Staircase
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June 28, 1967
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Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Robert Mulligan
Director
Tad Mosel
Screenplay
Bel Kaufman
Novel
Cast
![Sandy Dennis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//mhRZNe7WAxMoGp2DIiH0qeP6PwU.jpg)
Sandy Dennis
Sylvia Barrett
![Patrick Bedford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//m88KmFhm27HCeoDctxc6HirxX9G.jpg)
Patrick Bedford
Paul Barringer
![Eileen Heckart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//7bXAy2ItipHc72pAwVDj4mercoF.jpg)
Eileen Heckart
Henrietta Pastorfield
![Ruth White](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//bsAHZQuh9XtWQoBalne2yTia7gt.jpg)
Ruth White
Beatrice Schacter
![Jean Stapleton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//3d3PR4eUKMqtzccqJFJjj5Ceqqr.jpg)
Jean Stapleton
Sadie Finch