The Cool Ones (1967)

Director:

Gene Nelson

Writers:

Joyce Geller (screenplay)
Joyce Geller (story)
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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	...	Stanley Krum
Nita Talbot	...	Dee Dee Howitzer
George Furth	...	Howie
Mrs. Miller	...	Herself
Jim Begg	...	Charlie Forbes
James Millhollin	...	Henry - Hotel Manager
Phil Arnold	...	Stage Manager
Melanie Alexander	...	Sandy
The Bantams	...	Themselves
Glen Campbell	...	Patrick
The Leaves	...	Themselves
T.J. and The Fourmations	...	Themselves (as T.J. and The Fourmations)
The Forté Four	...	Themselves
Christina Ferra-Gilmore	...	Minor Role (as Annette Ferra)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Anthony	...	Musician (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Ernie Earnshaw	...	Musician (uncredited)
Teri Garr	...	One of Hallie's Friends (uncredited)
Angelique Pettyjohn	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	...	Student (uncredited)
John Case Schaeffer II	...	Musician (uncredited)
Michael St. Angel	...	George - Studio Technician (uncredited)
Guy Watson	...	Musician (uncredited)

Directed by
Gene Nelson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joyce Geller		screenplay
Joyce Geller		story
Robert Kaufman		adaptation
Gene Nelson		adaptation

Produced by
William Conrad	....	executive producer
Jimmy Lydon	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Ernie Freeman

Cinematography by
Floyd Crosby		(as Floyd D. Crosby)

Film Editing by
James T. Heckert		(as James Heckert)

Art Direction by
LeRoy Deane

Set Decoration by
Ralph S. Hurst

Costume Design by
Howard Shoup

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly	....	supervising hair stylist
Dorothy Parkinson	....	body makeup (uncredited)

Production Management
Russell Llewellyn	....	unit manager (as J. Russell Llewellyn)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gil Kissel	....	assistant director

Art Department
Archie Neel	....	prop master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Everett A. Hughes	....	sound (as Everett Hughes)
Dan Wallin	....	sound
Ora Hudson	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth B. Taylor	....	key grip (uncredited)

Music Department
Lee Hazlewood	....	music supervisor
Lee Hazlewood	....	original songs
Billy Strange	....	music arranger
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer

Other crew
Julie Gibson	....	dialogue supervisor
Toni Basil	....	choreographer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15 | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Palm Springs, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

The egotistical tycoon was allegedly based on Phil Spector

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:

In the House of Dr. Stone

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.