The Cool World

1h 45m
DramaCrime
5.4

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.

Cast

Rony Clanton
Duke
Carl Lee
Priest
Yolanda Rodríguez
Luanne
Clarence Williams III
Blood
Gary Bolling
Littleman
Bostic Felton
Rod
Joe Oliver
Angel
Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
Ted Butler
Mom's lover
Marilyn Cox
Prostitute
Richard Ward
Street speaker
Evadney Canegata
Unknown
Antonio Fargas
(uncredited)

Crew

Shirley Clarke
Director, Writer, Editor
Carl Lee
Writer
Warren Miller
Novel
Baird Bryant
Director of Photography
Frederick Wiseman
Producer
Hugh A. Robertson
Sound Editor
Mal Waldron
Original Music Composer
Peggy Lawson
Associate Editor
Robert Rossen
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