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Bookmark this pageCooley High (1975)
Director: Michael Schultz
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An enormous box-office hit in the States, Cooley High - a kind of black American Graffiti or Lords of Flatbush about a group of high school kids in the '60s (hence Motown soundtrack) - is streets ahead of the average blaxploitation effort, yet is still something of a disappointment. Partly the fault lies with the script, and partly with a certain commercial gloss; one or two of the characters nevertheless do come over with some distinctiveness, thanks to OK performances.Author: VG
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Schultz
Producer: Steve Krantz
Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis full cast
Duration: 107 mins
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