

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971-09-15 · 90 min · ★ 3.5
Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.
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- Directors
- Jeffrey Young
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Barry PrimusGnossos "Paps" Pappadopoulis
David DowningHeff
Susan TyrrellJack
Bruce DavisonFitzgore
Zack NormanMojo
Raúl JuliáJuan Carlos Rosenbloom
James NobleFather Pettis
Cynthia HarrisBeth
Guy DeghyKovacs
Nicholas HammondAgneau
Paul JabaraHeap
John P. RyanOeuf
Calvin JungHarold Wong
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