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Up the Down Staircase

The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.

Director

Robert Mulligan

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Park Place Production

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

Sylvia Barrett

Paul Barringer

Patrick Bedford

Henrietta Pastorfield

Beatrice Schacter

Sadie Finch

Dr. Bester

Mr. McHabe

Ella Friedenberg

Florence Stanley

The Mother

Vinnette Carroll

Miss Gordon

Social Studies Teacher

Loretta Leversee

Alberta Kagan

Martha Greenhouse

Carole Blanca

Mr. Osborne

Nurse Frances Eagen

Charlotte Wolf

Frances Sternhagen

Linda Rosen

Lou Martin

Teacher Who Discusses the New School Building

Harry A. Kagan

Joe Ferone

Alice Blake

Jose Rodriguez

Eddie Williams

Student

Student

Merle

Student

Bob Whiteside

Teacher Talking to Mr. McHabe

School Faculty Member

Tough Student in Miss Barrett's Class

Student

Teacher

Esmeralda

Esmeralda Santiago

Student

Student Who Shoves Miss Barrett

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Disregard the bell - Up the Down Staircase

Disregard the bell

You're Miss Barrett? - Up the Down Staircase

You're Miss Barrett?

Teachers only. - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett, do you realize
you're going up the down staircase? - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett, do you realize you're going up the down s...

Hey, that's the teach
that we saw this morning. - Up the Down Staircase

Hey, that's the teach that we saw this morning.

Good morning, Mr. Barringer. - Up the Down Staircase

Good morning, Mr. Barringer.

Mr. Barringer, I wanted
to be in your class, - Up the Down Staircase

Mr. Barringer, I wanted to be in your class,

Please don't block the doorway. - Up the Down Staircase

Please don't block the doorway.

This boy's late and on probation. - Up the Down Staircase

This boy's late and on probation.

Your name, please? - Up the Down Staircase

Your name, please?

There are 40 pupils in my homeroom. - Up the Down Staircase

There are 40 pupils in my homeroom.

All right. - Up the Down Staircase

Evans? - Up the Down Staircase

I see you're to be
in my English class as well. - Up the Down Staircase

I see you're to be in my English class as well.

Well. - Up the Down Staircase

Get out of here. I want to sit down. - Up the Down Staircase

Get out of here. I want to sit down.

Ever tried Punctuation Sex Henrietta - Up the Down Staircase

Ever tried Punctuation Sex Henrietta

Hey! - Up the Down Staircase

Well, she... - Up the Down Staircase

Morning, Miss Finch. - Up the Down Staircase

Morning, Miss Finch.

When I finally get the chance my first few precious minutes - Up the Down Staircase

When I finally get the chance my first few precious minutes

Will the person or persons
who took my desk blotter please return it? - Up the Down Staircase

Will the person or persons who took my desk blotter please r...

The theme of Macbeth is that too much ambition can become ruthless ambition - Up the Down Staircase

The theme of Macbeth is that too much ambition can become...

Jerry. - Up the Down Staircase

I give them tea - Up the Down Staircase

I give them tea

Joe, I got your PRC
from Miss Friedenberg this morning, - Up the Down Staircase

Joe, I got your PRC from Miss Friedenberg this morning,

I've just seen your type before that's all - Up the Down Staircase

I've just seen your type before that's all

All right, Teach. - Up the Down Staircase

All right, Teach.

Give it to me. - Up the Down Staircase

Would you come with me, please? - Up the Down Staircase

Would you come with me, please?

Well Suggestions Miss Barrett eh - Up the Down Staircase

Well Suggestions Miss Barrett eh

I thought you might be ready
for that drink and dinner. - Up the Down Staircase

I thought you might be ready for that drink and dinner.

Oh, you dance very well, Miss Barrett. - Up the Down Staircase

Oh, you dance very well, Miss Barrett.

Where are we going, Harry? - Up the Down Staircase

Where are we going, Harry?

Sylvia, have you been dancing? - Up the Down Staircase

Sylvia, have you been dancing?

All right, you two out there, you two.
Off the floor. - Up the Down Staircase

All right, you two out there, you two. Off the floor.

There's Bob Whiteside. - Up the Down Staircase

There's Bob Whiteside.

Why do you always say Maybe later - Up the Down Staircase

Why do you always say Maybe later

Good morning, Alice. - Up the Down Staircase

Good morning, Alice.

Morning, Alice. Books for us at last. - Up the Down Staircase

Morning, Alice. Books for us at last.

Sit down in your seats.
Bob Whiteside will handle the class. - Up the Down Staircase

Sit down in your seats. Bob Whiteside will handle the class.

Miss Barrett, this boy is being admitted
once again, as always, - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett, this boy is being admitted once again, as alwa...

Look at me, Teach.
Punched in with my own hand. - Up the Down Staircase

Look at me, Teach. Punched in with my own hand.

Miss Barrett. Miss Barrett. - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett. Miss Barrett.

Can I talk to you
for a minute, Miss Barrett? - Up the Down Staircase

Can I talk to you for a minute, Miss Barrett?

They say a writer should stick to what he knows - Up the Down Staircase

They say a writer should stick to what he knows

Miss Barrett's class dismissed. - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett's class dismissed.

If you deny what you know or what you are or where you are - Up the Down Staircase

If you deny what you know or what you are or where you are

I think some can. - Up the Down Staircase

I think some can.

It isn't fair. We never had this. - Up the Down Staircase

It isn't fair. We never had this.

Toilet. - Up the Down Staircase

You have to wait for the hall proctor. - Up the Down Staircase

You have to wait for the hall proctor.

Joe? - Up the Down Staircase

No, I meant after school. - Up the Down Staircase

No, I meant after school.

Joe. - Up the Down Staircase

What is it, Teach? - Up the Down Staircase

What is it, Teach?

Oh, Joe. - Up the Down Staircase

- Finally got to me, Teach.
- No. - Up the Down Staircase

- Finally got to me, Teach. - No.

I've come to submit my resignation,
Dr. Bester. - Up the Down Staircase

I've come to submit my resignation, Dr. Bester.

You're late, Jose. - Up the Down Staircase

You're late, Jose.

The judge is supposed to be the last one
to enter the court. - Up the Down Staircase

The judge is supposed to be the last one to enter the court.

Court clerk's supposed to say
they gotta rise. - Up the Down Staircase

Court clerk's supposed to say they gotta rise.

The case of Silas Marner
versus Godfrey Cass - Up the Down Staircase

The case of Silas Marner versus Godfrey Cass

Miss Barrett. - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett... - Up the Down Staircase

Miss Barrett...

Thank you for telling me, Jose.
And thank you. - Up the Down Staircase

Thank you for telling me, Jose. And thank you.

Oh, Miss Barrett, Miss Barrett! - Up the Down Staircase

Oh, Miss Barrett, Miss Barrett!

If I fill this out I will be late
for my next class, Miss Finch. - Up the Down Staircase

If I fill this out I will be late for my next class, Miss Fi...

Up the Down Staircase poster

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The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.

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Director: Robert Mulligan

Writer: Bel Kaufman, Tad Mosel

Production: Park Place Production

Genre: drama

Year: 1967

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Jun 1967

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

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