Up the Down Staircase | movie | 1967 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a | dG1feUVoRXZ1VVlrMUk

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00:00hey just a minute what is a nice girl like you doing in a crazy place like this she's going

00:17into the tough underside of a great city and bring out the story so wonderful it's had the

00:22whole world enthralled miss barrett do you realize you're going up the down staircase

00:36sorry dr. best dr. bester dr. bester dr. bester what do i want with basketball

00:42all right teach let's have that talk about my potential you could be suspended for carrying

00:58that knife not unless someone turns me in i want to talk about my potential

01:12yes this is the book so funny and human you didn't know if you were laughing or crying

01:26is this 322 yes uh you're late i'm not late i'm absent

01:32please you are i was absent all last term

01:39well uh why don't you sit down i can't sit down i'm dropping out

01:46i've come about that d you gave roy in

01:50on midterms

01:53the trouble is his mind wanders you go on say it he goes to sleep he goes to sleep

02:02and that's why you gave him a d that's how he gave himself a d

02:05i wanted you to see him go to work at 8 30 p.m in that garage all night oh he brings home all his

02:16money but he wants to be good at being around cars so he wants to graduate he's got this made-up

02:23mind about cars and graduation but you don't graduate from nowhere with these don't ever hurry

02:31down this block just walk slowly even if you're frightened or late or it's raining just walk slowly

02:37and look don't seem to but look this is where they spend 18 hours a day we have them for six

02:46it is dangerous here not the place for a girl like this you'd say but you'd be wrong

02:53because this is where she fell in love oh this is no ordinary love story

02:59not just another boy and girl no this is the story of a girl who fell in love with a monster

03:06and here it is

03:08they're all here all the dangerous harried hateful incredible and beautiful characters that have

03:25made up the down staircase one of the best loved best sellers ever and most unforgettably of all

03:32there is joe ferroni joe who had been sent to her with a warning i want you to go home

03:39look i'm here isn't that what you wanted

03:44always wanting to see me after school alone well we're alone now joe so brilliant and so dangerous

04:00finally got to me teach joe joe no no