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Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Drama

Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."

Release Date: 1967, June 28
Directors: Robert Mulligan
Countries: United States of America
Production: Park Place Production
Cast: Bud Cort, Linda Gillen, Frances Sternhagen, Esther Rolle, Ruth White, Florence Stanley, Roy Poole, Jean Stapleton, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart, Maria Landa, José Rodríguez

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

new york city based on novel or book high school teacher student relationship teacher suicide attempt schoolteacher english teacher high school teacher student threatens teacher bad students