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The Cool and the Crazy
The Cool and the Crazy is a 1958 motion picture that was distributed by American-International Pictures as a double feature with "Dragstrip Riot". It stars Scott Marlowe and Gigi Perreau.
Background.
The producer of the film, Elmer Rhoden Jr., was president of the Kansas City, Missouri-based Commonwealth Theaters, a prominent chain of motion picture theaters with stretched through Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Back in 1956, Rhoden Jr. had
and grossed $1,000 for distributor United Artists, that also opened people's minds up to possibilities of feature filmmaking in Kansas City. Following "The Delinquents", local movie theater exhibitor Elmer Rhoden Jr. produced another film about juvenile delinquency, "The Cool and the Crazy" in 1958, using mostly local talent and crews once again. The film, with its rabid anti-marijuana message and over-the-top performance by Hollywood lead actor Scott Marlowe has attracted quite a cult following over the past few decades.