The Cool Ones (1967)

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

Trivia:

The egotistical tycoon was allegedly based on Phil Spector

Quotes:

Hallie Rogers: I never thought I'd fall in love with a creep like you.

Soundtrack:

Have a Tantrum

Eminently watchable slice of 60's go-go pop

Eminently watchable slice of 60's go-go pop that never gets as much attention as it deserves. "The Cool Ones" is not a good movie, but boy is it campy fun. From its first shots of the taping of a "Hullabaloo"-type teen TV dance show to its cornball conclusion with the lovers driving off into the sunset, "The Cool Ones" is a must for fans of "Austin Powers" or the 60's at its most faddish.

An oddly cynical tale of a go-go dancer who aspires to pop singing stardom, "The Cool Ones" boasts a musical score of tres-groovy songs by Lee Hazelwood (of Nancy Sinatra fame...by the way, that sounds like Ms. Sinatra dubbing Debbie Watson's vocals during "The Tantrum"...anybody know?), Teri Garr dancing up a storm, bad Sixties fashions, and male lead Gil Peterson (surely the model for the Ken doll) wearing the tightest pants humanly possible.

Roddy McDowall is good/bad as always, but my favorite is the scene - stealing Nita Talbot, who always seems to be two steps ahead of any movie she's in. Worth watching just to see the dance number in the ski lift...THOSE CLOTHES! Should be remade with Britney Spears in the lead!