The Cool and the Crazy

Mar 1, 1958

1h 18m

★ 5.1

Seven savage punks on a weekend binge of violence!

Overview

High school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

American International Pictures

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Cast

Bennie Saul

Scott Marlowe

Jackie Barzan (as Dick Bakalyan)

Richard Bakalyan

Amy

Gigi Perreau

Stu Summerville (as Dick Jones)

Dickie Jones

Det. Lt. Sloan

Shelby Storck

Eddie (the pusher)

Marvyn J. Rosen

Miss Ryan (teacher)

Caroline von Mayrhauser

Marty (a teenager)

Ken Plumb

Charles 'Cookie' Tyler

Robert Hadden

Desk Sgt. Harry

Joe Adelman

Drunk teenager

John Hannahan

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