The Cool Ones (1967)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Gene Nelson

Writers:

Joyce Geller (story)
Robert Kaufman (writer)

Release Date:

12 April 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's The NOW Sound In Music... And The New Sensation Of The Screen!

Plot:

A young, millionaire rock promoter decides to create a new boy/girl duo team for his teen TV dance show by teaming up an ambitious go-go dancer and a has-been pop star and presenting them to the public as a new romantic pair.

Cast

Roddy McDowall	...	Tony Krum
Debbie Watson	...	Hallie Rogers
Gil Peterson	...	Cliff Donner
Phil Harris	...	MacElwaine
Robert Coote	...	Stan
Nita Talbot	...	Dee Dee
George Furth	...	Howie
Mrs. Miller	...	Herself
Jim Begg	...	Charlie
James Millhollin	...	Manager
Phil Arnold
Melanie Alexander
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Anthony	...	Musician (as The Forte' Four)
The Bantams	...	Themselves
Glen Campbell	...	Patrick
Ernie Earnshaw	...	Musician (as Forte' Four)
Christina Ferra-Gilmore		(as Annette Ferra)
The Forté Four	...	Themselves
The Leaves	...	Themselves
John Case Schaeffer II	...	Musician (as The Forte' Four)
Guy Watson	...	Musician (as The Forte' Four)

Also Known As:

Cool Baby, Cool!

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Quotes:

Cliff Donner: What the hell ever got into her to let herself get bullied into a hairy scheme like that?
Dee Dee: She's young, ambitious and therefore dangerous. It takes a few years on a girl to know how to mix a cocktail of ambition and desire.
Cliff Donner: Yeah, I guess so. In the meantime a man could bleed to death.

Soundtrack:

What is This Thing Called Love?

A terrible, groovy classic, man!

Yes, this film is terrible- horrific and just plain bad. But I like it, and I'm not ashamed to say it! Normally, this is not my kind of film, as I prefer obscure classics. But this film is so bad, so truly bad- it's good. See how earnest the cast treats this dreck? They're really into it, man! And what a story! Don't you wish that your pals picked you up in their little red sports car on a free trip to Palm Springs after you screw up on the "Whiz Bang" TV show because you want to be a STAR? Gil Peterson, as the erstwhile mutant heartthrob, has to be one of the world's worst actors... and he has ever so much competition. My fave moments: Don't miss Teri ("Young Frankenstein") Garr as a go-go dancer! Don't miss Gil Peterson soulfully singing an uptempo version of that Doris Day classic, "My Secret Love." And please, don't miss my favorite character in the whole darned movie: that sad little dancer doing his darndest James Brown shake and shimmy- I nearly died from laughter.