- HD 1080
- Runtime: 124m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Robert Mulligan
- Stars: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton
- keywords: high school, new york city, based on novel or book, suicide attempt, teacher, teacher student relationship, high school teacher, schoolteacher, english teacher, bad students, student threatens teacher, student crush on teacher
- Production_studio: Park Place Production
- Slogan: Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."
- The Up the Down Staircase is featured in the top rankings of 1967
- #37 in Top Drama Movies of 1967
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.
