---
title: 'Up the Down Staircase (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Mulligan'
released: '1967-06-28'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/up-the-down-staircase-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062425/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Up the Down Staircase (1967)

1967 · 124 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Oscar winners Sandy Dennis and Eileen Heckart, along with
Patrick Bedford and Jean Stapleton. The plot concerns the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher. Tad Mosel wrote the screenplay adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bel Kaufman. This was one of two last films, along with The Family Way, released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. before a merger that led to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts branding in July 1967.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Mulligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mulligan)
- **Screenplay:** [Tad Mosel](https://cinepixo.com/people/tad-mosel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fred Karlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-karlin)
- **Producer:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph F. Coffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-f-coffey)
- **Editor:** [Folmar Blangsted](https://cinepixo.com/people/folmar-blangsted)

## Cast

- [Jean Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-stapleton)
- [Sandy Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandy-dennis)
- [Ruth White](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-white)
- [Patrick Bedford](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-bedford)
- [Roy Poole](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-poole)
- [Sorrell Booke](https://cinepixo.com/people/sorrell-booke)
- [Frances Sternhagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-sternhagen)
- [Florence Stanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-stanley)
- [Eileen Heckart](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-heckart)
- [Vinnette Justine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinnette-justine-carroll)

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