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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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Beatrice Schacter
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Sadie Finch
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Dr. Bester
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Mr. McHabe
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Ella Friedenberg
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Vinnette Carroll | ... |
The Mother
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Miss Gordon
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Loretta Leversee | ... |
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Martha Greenhouse | ... |
Alberta Kagan
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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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EnglishRelease Date:
19 July 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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This movie was filmed in a real live New York City school building. While many people claim that it was filmed in Hell's Kitchen at John Jay College, several landmarks suggest that it was filmed in El Barrio, a section of Manhattan near Spanish Harlem, at J.H.S. #99. See more »Goofs
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
Joe Ferone: I've just seen your type before, that's all. There's one every year. "Not living up to your potential," they say. Is that what you were going to say, teach? "Just wanna help you, Joe?" "Just wanna be your friend?" Then they get to feeling very sorry for your about your "environmental factors", and your "low socio-economic level". Till you've just have to tell 'em; "Get your nose outta my environmental factors, will ya? Keep your damn hands off my potential"... and then they turn you in.See more »
I only saw about 3/4 of this on a boring Saturday afternoon on Channel 5 (not famed for the quality of the films it shows - more usually soft porn). As it was the only thing on telly worth watching (out of 144 channels - that figures) I decided to stick with it. I'm glad I did. It turned out to be quite entertaining. "Dangerous Minds" with Michelle Pfeiffer was on ITV the night before, and I don't mind telling you that I thought UtDS was the superior movie. The acting was good all round, and though some of the lines were a little bit cliched and very 60's, I thought it was OK.