Movie

Cooley High

Released: June 25, 1975 (1975)

Runtime: 107 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Garrett Morris as Mr. Mason
Age at release: 38
Glynn Turman as Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Age at release: 28
Steven Williams as Jimmy Lee
Age at release: 26
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Richard "Cochise" Morris
Age at release: 21
Cynthia Davis as Brenda
Age at release: Unknown
Corin Rogers as Pooter
Age at release: Unknown
Maurice Leon Havis as Willie
Age at release: Unknown
Joseph Carter Wilson as Tyrone
Age at release: Unknown
Sherman Smith as Stone
Age at release: Unknown
Norman Gibson as Robert
Age at release: Unknown

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Christine Jones as Sandra
Age at release: 31
Jackie Taylor as Johnny Mae
Age at release: 23
Robert Townsend as Basketball Player in Gym Class
Age at release: 18
Lynn Caridine as Dorothy
Age at release: Unknown
Colostine Boatwright as First Prostitute
Age at release: Unknown