The Cool and the Crazy

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 Witney
Written by Richard C. Sarafian
Produced by Elmer C. Rhoden Jr.

Cast:

Scott Marlowe as Bennie Saul
Gigi Perreau as Amy
Dick Bakalyan as Jackie Barzan
Dick Jones as Stu Summerville
Shelby Storck as Detective Lt. Sloan
Marvyn J. Rosen as Eddie
Caroline von Maryhauser as Miss Ryan
Robert Hadden as Charles ‘Cookie’ Tyler
Kenneth Plumb as Marty
Anthony Pawley as Mr. Saul
Chrystle Pawley
James Newman
Joe Adelman as Desk Sgt. Harry
Jackie Storck as Amy’s Mother
Leonard Belove as Amy’s Father
Jim Bysol
John Hannahan
John Quihas
Paul Culp
Bob Hall
Frank Tebeck
Bill Stevens
Jeanne Gallagher
Dona Baldwin
Ruth Marquez
Gail Greenwell
Dorothy Haefling

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)