Why it may be worth watching
- Cooley High combines Comedy and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris.
- Viewers currently rate it 7.0/10 from 76 votes.
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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!
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.
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Cast
Glynn TurmanLeroy "Preach" Jackson
Lawrence Hilton-JacobsRichard "Cochise" Morris
Garrett MorrisMr. Mason
Cynthia DavisBrenda
Corin RogersPooter
Maurice Leon HavisWillie
Joseph Carter WilsonTyrone
Sherman SmithStone
Norman GibsonRobert
Maurice MarshallDamon
Steven WilliamsJimmy Lee
Robert TownsendBasketball Player in Gym Class
Jackie TaylorJohnny Mae
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Best suited to viewers looking for Comedy, Drama, Romance.
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Themes and topics
chicago, illinoishigh schoolcadillaccoming of agefriendsblack cinemaplayfulintrospective
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