The Cool World

Directed by Shirley Clarke
2 september 1963    1 u, 45 mDrama, Misdaad
6.483%44%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.

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  • Rony ClantonDuke
  • Carl LeePriest / Schrijver
  • Yolanda RodríguezLuanne
  • Clarence Williams IIIBlood
  • Gary BollingLittleman
  • Bostic FeltonRod
  • Joe OliverAngel
  • Gloria FosterDuke's Mom
  • Ted ButlerMom's lover
  • Marilyn CoxProstitute
  • Richard WardStreet speaker
  • Evadney Canegata
  • Antonio Fargas(uncredited)
  • Shirley ClarkeRegisseur / Schrijver / Redacteur
  • Warren MillerNovel
  • Frederick WisemanProducer
  • Baird BryantDirector Of Photography
  • Peggy LawsonAssociate Editor
  • Mal WaldronOriginal Music Composer
  • Hugh A. RobertsonSound Editor

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