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70% Critic Match
Cooley High
“Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!”
7.0 / 10• 1975• 1h 47m•PG• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
Cast & Crew
Glynn Turman
Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Lead
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Richard "Cochise" Morris
Garrett Morris
Mr. Mason
CD
Cynthia Davis
Brenda
CR
Corin Rogers
Pooter
Maurice Leon Havis
Willie
JC
Joseph Carter Wilson
Tyrone
SS
Sherman Smith
Stone
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Schultz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cooley High is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
