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Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase

1967•124 min.•

United States of America

★7(24)

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.
  • Drama

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