Story
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.
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Cast
Sandy Dennis as Sylvia BarrettPatrick Bedford as Paul BarringerEileen Heckart as Henrietta PastorfieldRuth White as Beatrice SchacterJean Stapleton as Sadie FinchSorrell Booke as Dr. BesterRoy Poole as Mr. McHabeFlorence Stanley as Ellen FriedenbergEllen O'Mara as Alice BlakeJeff Howard as Joe Ferone
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