Up the Down Staircase
Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."
124 mins
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.
Ellen O'Mara
Alice Blake
Vinnette Carroll
The Mother
Martha Greenhouse
Mrs. Kagan
Elena Karam
School Nurse
Maria Landa
Carole Blanca
Candace Culkin
Linda Rosen
Lew Wallach
Lou Martin
Salvatore Rasa
Harry A. Kagan
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
John Fantauzzi
Eddie Williams
Tad Mosel
Screenplay
Tony Major
Production Assistant
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Tom Volpe
Grip
Harvey Genkins
Camera Operator
John H. Bolz
Sound
Dennis Maitland
Sound
Don Kranze
Assistant Director
George Justin
Production Supervisor
Bel Kaufman
Novel
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Joseph F. Coffey
Director of Photography
Folmar Blangsted
Editor
Alixe Gordin
Casting
George Jenkins
Art Direction
