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Up the Down Staircase (1967)The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school. Director:Robert Mulligan |
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Patrick Bedford | ... |
Paul Barringer
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Henrietta Pastorfield
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Ruth White | ... |
Beatrice Schacter
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Sadie Finch
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Dr. Bester
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Roy Poole | ... |
Mr. McHabe
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Ella Friedenberg
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Vinnette Carroll | ... |
The Mother
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Janice Mars | ... |
Miss Gordon
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Loretta Leversee | ... |
Social Studies Teacher
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John Callahan | ||
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Denis Fay | ||
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Otto Lomax | ||
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Martha Greenhouse | ... |
Alberta Kagan
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Storyline
Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York's inner-city Calvin Coolidge High: her lit classes are overcrowded, a window is broken, there's no chalk, books arrive late. The administration is concerned mainly with forms and rules (there's an up and and a down staircase); bells ring at the wrong time. Nevertheless, she tries. How she handles the chaos and her despair in her first semester makes up the film: a promising student drops out, another sleeps through class, a girl with a crush on a male teacher gets suicidal, and a bright but troublesome student misunderstands Sylvia's reaching out. A discussion of Dickens, parents' night, and a mock trial highlight the term. Can she make it? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Apigorevmena skalopatia See more »Filming Locations:
Benjamin Franklin High School - 260 Pleasant Ave, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Company Credits
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[Gets no response, decides to ask... ]
Sylvia Barrett: Eddie?
Eddie Williams: Steps all over.
Sylvia Barrett: Use it in a sentence.
Eddie Williams: Steps all over, like white people. I know because I'm colored.
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Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago has a small role as a student, this was her film debut and her only film role. Her experiences from working on the film are highlighted in her book "Almost a Woman" (see also: Almost a Woman). See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the classroom scene where Harry A Kagan is talking, his necktie alternates between being tucked into the belt and in front of the belt. See more »Quotes
Sylvia Barrett: The theme of MacBeth is that too much ambition can lead to ruthless ambition, and end up in disaster. That's what words are for - to be used. Who can tell me what "ruthless" means? Joe?[Gets no response, decides to ask... ]
Sylvia Barrett: Eddie?
Eddie Williams: Steps all over.
Sylvia Barrett: Use it in a sentence.
Eddie Williams: Steps all over, like white people. I know because I'm colored.
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