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.

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

Christine Bergstrom

as Dede

William Sickingen

as News Director

Robert McAndrew

as Pennybaker

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