Directed by:
Robert MulliganCinematography:
Joseph F. CoffeyComposer:
Fred KarlinCast:
Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton, Sorrell Booke, Frances Sternhagen, Bud Cort, Roy Poole, Loretta Leversee, Florence Stanley (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher with a can-do attitude at New York's inner city Calvin Coolidge High. Crowded classes, broken windows, lack of chalk and books are a few of the problems facing Sylvia, yet she carries on - even as a promising student drops out, another sleeps through class, a girl with a crush on a male teacher gets suicidal, and a bright but troublesome student misunderstands Sylvia's reaching out. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sandy Dennis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387853_abeb84.jpg)
Sandy Dennis
USA
Best movies:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
The Indian Runner (1991)
![Eileen Heckart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390346_6be9c9.jpg)
Eileen Heckart
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
![Ruth White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/829/161829744_bf1ce3.jpg)
Ruth White
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Nun's Story (1959)
![Jean Stapleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462500_ac18d0.jpg)
Jean Stapleton
USA
Best movies:
You've Got Mail (1998)
Something Wild (1961)
Klute (1971)
![Sorrell Booke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247514_ad23ce.jpg)
Sorrell Booke
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Frances Sternhagen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272920_e74a5d.jpg)
![Bud Cort](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269134_d00bc1.jpg)
Bud Cort
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sweet Jane (1998)
![Roy Poole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/459/160459402_cedf0e.jpg)
Roy Poole
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
Network (1976)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Loretta Leversee
USA
Best movies:
The Other (1972)
Florence Stanley
USA
Best movies:
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Robert Levine
USA
Best movies:
All That Jazz (1979)
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
Casanova (2005)
Dan Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Charly (1968)
Pretty Poison (1968)
Linda Gillen
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Big (1988)
The Producers (1967)
Vinnette Carroll
USA
Best movies:
The Crucible (1957)
The Reivers (1969)
Alice's Restaurant (1969)