The Cool and the Crazy (1958)
This over-the-top '50s juvenile delinquency melodrama has developed a cult following for its rabid anti-marijuana message and a thoroughly enjoyable performance by teen-pic icon Dick Bakalyan as one of the teenagers gone bad. A reform-school graduate turns some long-in-the-tooth high schoolers onto the loco weed; before long, they're hopelessly addicted, with crime, insanity, and death the inevitable results. The Cool and the Crazy was shot on location in Kansas City, where Dick Bakalyan actually spent a few hours in jail when local cops thought he was a for-real bad guy and not just acting. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Marlowe, Dick Bakalyan, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Witney
Synopsis of The Cool and the Crazy
This over-the-top '50s juvenile delinquency melodrama has developed a cult following for its rabid anti-marijuana message and a thoroughly enjoyable performance by teen-pic icon Dick Bakalyan as one of the teenagers gone bad. A reform-school graduate turns some long-in-the-tooth high schoolers onto the loco weed; before long, they're hopelessly addicted, with crime, insanity, and death the inevitable results. The Cool and the Crazy was shot on location in Kansas City, where Dick Bakalyan actually spent a few hours in jail when local cops thought he was a for-real bad guy and not just acting. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Cool and the Crazy
- Scott Marlowe - Bennie Saul
- Dick Jones - Stu Summerville
- Marvin J. Rosen - Eddie
- James Newman - Sgt. Myers
- Gigi Perreau - Amy
- Dick Bakalyan - Jackie Barzan
- Shelby Storck - Lt. Sloan
- Anthony Pawley - Mr. Saul
- Leonard Belove - Amy's Father
- Director(s):
- William Witney
- Writer(s):
- Richard Sarafian
- Producer(s):
- Elmar C. Rhoden, Jr.
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