Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young teacher starts her first job at a chaotic New York City high school. She struggles to connect with her unruly students and deal with the school's bureaucracy, but she persists in her efforts to make a difference.

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What happens

Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Oscar winners Sandy Dennis and Eileen Heckart, along with Patrick Bedford and Jean Stapleton. The plot concerns the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher. Tad Mosel wrote the screenplay adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bel Kaufman. This was one of two last films, along with The Family Way, released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. before a merger that led to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts branding in July 1967. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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