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Cooley High - Full Cast & Crew

72 Metascore
1975
1 hr 47 mins
Music, Comedy
PG

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Variation on "American Graffiti," focusing on black teens in a 1960s Chicago neighborhood as they prepare to leave high school and enter the real world. A vintage Motown soundtrack is included. The screenplay was written by Eric Monte, who also charted similar grounds in the TV sitcom "What's Happening!"

Director

1 Credit

Michael Schultz

Screenwriter

1 Credit

Eric Monte

Actor

15 Credits

Glynn Turman

Leroy "Preach" Jackson

Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs

Richard "Cochise" Morris

Garrett Morris

Mr. Mason

Cynthia Davis

Brenda

Corin Rogers

Pooter

Maurice Leon Havis

Willie

Joseph Carter Wilson

Tyrone

Sherman Smith

Stone

Norman Gibson

Robert

Maurice Marshall

Damon

Steven Williams

Jimmy Lee

Christine Jones

Sandra

Jackie Taylor

Johnny Mae

Lynn Caridine

Dorothy

Robert Townsend

Uncredited

Executive Producer

1 Credit

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Producer

1 Credit

Steve Krantz

Composer

1 Credit

Freddie Perren

Cinematographer

1 Credit

Paul von Brack

Production Company

2 Credits

Editor

1 Credit

Christopher Holmes

Art Director

1 Credit

William B. Fosser