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Up the Down Staircase

on BBC Two England

starring
Sandy Dennis
Patrick Bedford
When Sylvia Barrett arrives at her first teaching job in a slum area of New York city, she is full of the ideals and enthusiasms of her recently-completed training.
Overwhelmed at first by the sheer size and noise of the place, she soon finds herself doing battle with bureaucracy, cynical teaching staff - and 40 unruly children.
Screenplay by TAD MOSEL
Based on the novel by BEL KAUFMAN Produced by ALAN J. PAKULA Directed by ROBERT MULUGAN 0 FILMS: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Dennis
Unknown:
Patrick Bedford
Unknown:
Sylvia Barrett
Play By:
Tad Mosel
Novel By:
Bel Kaufman
Produced By:
Alan J. Pakula
Directed By:
Robert Mulugan
Sylvia Barrett:
Sandy Dennis
Paul Barringer:
Patrick Bedford
Henrietta Pastorfield:
Eileen Heckart
Beatrice Schracter:
Ruth White
Sadie Finch:
Jean Stapleton
Dr Bester:
Sorrell Booke
McHabe:
Roy Poole
Ella Friedenberg:
Florence Stanley
Joe Ferone:
Jeff Howard
Alice Blake:
Ellen O'Mara
Jose Rodriguez:
Jose Rodriguez
Ed Williams:
John Fantauzzi
Linda Rosen:
Candy Culkin
Harry A Kagan:
Salvatore Rosa

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