The Cool World (1964)

5.5/10 105 min Drama Crime

Overview

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

Duke

Clarence Williams III

Blood

Gary Bolling

Littleman

Gloria Foster

Duke's Mom

Richard Ward

Street speaker

Antonio Fargas

(uncredited)

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