Up the Down Staircase(1967)

movie - first aired/released 1967-06-28 - 124 min - audience 7.1

Drama

Directed by Robert Mulligan

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.