| Up the Down Staircase | |
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| Directed by | Robert Mulligan |
| Screenplay by | Tad Mosel |
| Based on | Up the Down Staircase 1965 novel by Bel Kaufman |
| Produced by | Alan J. Pakula |
| Starring | Sandy Dennis Patrick Bedford Eileen Heckart Jean Stapleton |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Coffey |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Fred Karlin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
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 before the company was rebranded as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in July 1967.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.