The Cool World

Name: The Cool World
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1964
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 5.545

1964 · 105 min

Drama · Crime

★ 5.5

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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.

Crew

Director Shirley Clarke
Writer Carl Lee
Writer Shirley Clarke
Director of Photography Baird Bryant

Cast

Rony Clanton
Duke
Carl Lee
Priest
Y
Yolanda Rodríguez
Luanne
Clarence Williams III
Blood
Gary Bolling
Littleman
B
Bostic Felton
Rod
J
Joe Oliver
Angel
Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
T
Ted Butler
Mom's lover
M
Marilyn Cox
Prostitute
Richard Ward
Street speaker
E
Evadney Canegata

Crew

Director — Shirley Clarke
Writer — Carl Lee
Writer — Shirley Clarke
Director of Photography — Baird Bryant

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