The Cool World
CrimeDrama
★ 5.5/1019641h 45m
Director: Shirley Clarke
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.
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
English
Released
Apr 20, 1964
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
English
Released
Apr 20, 1964
Cast
Rony Clanton
Duke
Carl Lee
Priest
Yolanda Rodríguez
Yolanda Rodríguez
Luanne
Clarence Williams III
Blood
Gary Bolling
Littleman
Bostic Felton
Bostic Felton
Rod
Joe Oliver
Joe Oliver
Angel
Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
Ted Butler
Ted Butler
Mom's lover
Marilyn Cox
Marilyn Cox
Prostitute
Richard Ward
Street speaker
Evadney Canegata
Evadney Canegata
Antonio Fargas
(uncredited)
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