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Up the Down Staircase

“Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher...”

1967 · 2 h 4 min
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Drama

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a rough high school and faces bureaucracy and indifference.

Sinekatalog’s take

Robert Mulligan's drama, with Sandy Dennis, is warm and credible, an earnest school film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (2,799 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.