The Cool World (1964)
HOOKER! FUZZ! JUNK! RUMBLE! These are words that mean big trouble in...
1964 · 1h 45m · Drama, Crime
Genres: Drama, Crime
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
Writers: Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee, Warren Miller
Music by: Mal Waldron
Cinematography: Baird Bryant
Editor: Shirley Clarke
Cast
Rony Clanton as DukeCarl Lee as PriestYolanda Rodríguez as LuanneClarence Williams III as BloodGary Bolling as LittlemanBostic Felton as RodJoe Oliver as AngelGloria Foster as Duke's MomTed Butler as Mom's loverMarilyn Cox as ProstituteRichard Ward as Street speakerEvadney CanegataMore like this
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