COOLEY HIGH

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Set in 1964 Chicago, Cooley High is a slice-of-life tale of high school students coping with the challenges of everyday life, growing up in the shadows of the housing projects. “Preach’ (Glynn Turman, Thomasine & Bushrod) and “Cochise” (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, TV’s Welcome Back Kotter) are two black high school students, and best friends, who see their lives irrevocably changed by circumstance in this dramatic comedy. Cooley High also stars Garrett Morris (TV’s Saturday Night Live) and Jackie Taylor (Hoodlum, Losing Isaiah).
• Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Maurice Marshall, Steven Williams, Jackie Taylor, Christine Jones, Lynn Caridine, Mary Larkins, Cherene Snow, Alicia Williams, Lily Schine, Muxai Richardson, Juanita McConnell, Sharon Murff, Jimmy Whig, Nathaniel Reed, Frank Beetson, Marlette Howton, Colostine Boatwright, Keita L. Keita, James Kingsley, James George, Mary Jane Schaefer, Brandon Schultz, Robert Townsend, Michael Schultz, Eric Monte
• Director: Michael Schultz
• Runtime: 1:47
• Company: Olive Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 20th Century Fox Television
• Media Format: Movie