The Cool World (1964)
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.
Director: Shirley Clarke
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Rony Clanton as Duke |
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Carl Lee as Priest |
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Yolanda Rodríguez as Luanne |
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Clarence Williams III as Blood |
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Gary Bolling as Littleman |
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Bostic Felton as Rod |
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Joe Oliver as Angel |
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Gloria Foster as Duke's Mom |
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Ted Butler as Mom's lover |
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Marilyn Cox as Prostitute |
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Richard Ward as Street speaker |
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Evadney Canegata as |
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Antonio Fargas as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Shirley Clarke | Director |
| Writing | Shirley Clarke | Writer |
| Writing | Carl Lee | Writer |
| Editing | Shirley Clarke | Editor |
| Writing | Warren Miller | Novel |
| Sound | Mal Waldron | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Robert Rossen | Theatre Play |
| Production | Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Camera | Baird Bryant | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peggy Lawson | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Hugh A. Robertson | Sound Editor |
