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The Cool World

19635.3 / 10105 min
Drama, Crime

Overview

HOOKER! FUZZ! JUNK! RUMBLE! These are words that mean big trouble in...

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.

Cast

Rony Clanton

Rony Clanton

Duke

Carl Lee

Carl Lee

Priest

Yolanda Rodríguez

Yolanda Rodríguez

Luanne

Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III

Blood

Gary Bolling

Gary Bolling

Littleman

Bostic Felton

Bostic Felton

Rod

Joe Oliver

Joe Oliver

Angel

Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster

Duke's Mom

Ted Butler

Ted Butler

Mom's lover

Marilyn Cox

Marilyn Cox

Prostitute

Richard Ward

Richard Ward

Street speaker

Evadney Canegata

Evadney Canegata

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

(uncredited)

Crew

Shirley Clarke

Shirley Clarke

Director

Shirley Clarke

Shirley Clarke

Writer

Carl Lee

Carl Lee

Writer

Shirley Clarke

Shirley Clarke

Editor

Warren Miller

Warren Miller

Novel

Mal Waldron

Mal Waldron

Original Music Composer

Robert Rossen

Robert Rossen

Theatre Play

Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman

Producer

Baird Bryant

Baird Bryant

Director of Photography

Peggy Lawson

Peggy Lawson

Associate Editor

Hugh A. Robertson

Hugh A. Robertson

Sound Editor