Storyline

On her first day at Calvin Coolidge High, fledgling teacher Sylvia Barrett (Sandy Dennis) encounters 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, bright underachiever Joe and sensitive Alice. When Alice's crush on a male teacher (Patrick Bedford) leads her to attempt suicide, Sylvia questions her ability to help the disadvantaged teens.

Plot Keywords

teacher, student, teen boy, teen girl, principal, bleak, gritty, inspiring, high school, new york city, education, inner-city life, troubled youth, idealism, racial tension, underdog, quest, growing up, 1960s

Short Review

Picks up where Blackboard Jungle (1955) left off.

Trailer

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