Medium Cool

Medium Cool

111 mins | Drama | Aug. 27, 1969

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.

Medium Cool

111 mins | Drama | Aug. 27, 1969

Medium Cool
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Paramount, H & J
Original title Medium Cool
Directors Erich von Stroheim Jr., Wendell Franklin, Meta Rebner, Haskell Wexler
Writers Haskell Wexler

Cast

Robert Forster

as John

Verna Bloom

as Eileen

Peter Bonerz

as Gus

Marianna Hill

as Ruth

Harold Blankenship

as Harold

Charles Geary

as Harold's Father

Sid McCoy

as Frank Baker

William Sickingen

as News Director

Robert McAndrew

as Pennybaker

Marrian Walters

as Social Worker

Beverly Younger

as Rich Lady

Edward Croke

as Plain-clothesman

Doug Kimball

as Newscaster

Peter Boyle

as Gun Clinic Manager

Georgia Todda

as Secretary

Sandra Ann Roberts

as Blonde in Car

Janet Langhart

as Maid

China Lee

as Roller Derby Patron

Haskell Wexler

as Cameraman on Scaffold (uncredited)