12/30/2024
The Cool and the Crazy (1958)
AIP Production # 221
Directed by William Witney
Written by Richard C. Sarafian
Produced by Elmer C. Rhoden Jr.
Starring
Scott Marlowe as Bennie Saul
Richard Bakalyan as Jackie Barzan
Gigi Perreau as Amy
Dickie Jones as Stu Summerville
Shelby Storck as Detective Lt. Sloan
Marvyn J. Rosen as Eddie the Pusher
Caroline von Mayrhauser as Miss Ryan
Ken Plumb as Marty
Robert Hadden as Charles ‘Cookie’ Tyler
Joe Adelman as Desk Sgt. Harry
James Newman as Desk Sgt. Myers
Anthony Pawley as Mr. Saul
Presented by Imperial Productions
Released by American International Pictures
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
The Cool and the Crazy (1958) AIP Production #221 Jeff and Cheryl try to figure out what "M" is (and where to get some) for The Cool and the Crazy.Directed by William WitneyWritten by Richard