The Cool World (1963)

Name: The Cool World
Director: Shirley Clarke
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1963-09-02
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Rony Clanton, Carl Lee, Yolanda Rodríguez, Clarence Williams III, Gary Bolling

19631h 45mDramaCrime

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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Cast

Rony ClantonDuke
CCarl LeePriest
YYolanda RodríguezLuanne
Clarence Williams IIIBlood
Gary BollingLittleman
BBostic FeltonRod
JJoe OliverAngel
Gloria FosterDuke's Mom
TTed ButlerMom's lover
MMarilyn CoxProstitute
Richard WardStreet speaker
EEvadney Canegata
Antonio Fargas(uncredited)

Crew

Director: Shirley Clarke
Writers: Shirley Clarke Carl Lee
Producers: Frederick Wiseman
Music: Mal Waldron
Cinematography: Baird Bryant
Editing: Shirley Clarke

Details

Released: September 2, 1963
Language: English
Studio: Wiseman Film Productions
IMDb: tt0056952