The Cool World (1964)
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
Carl Lee
Priest
Clarence Williams III
Blood
Gary Bolling
Littleman
Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
Richard Ward
Street speaker
Antonio Fargas
(uncredited)Recommendations
Shaft
The Hate U Give
Freedom Writers
Black Caesar
Kids
The Outsiders
Paid in Full
Cry of the City
Riot in Cell Block 11
Passing
Angels with Dirty Faces
Where the Day Takes You
Yardie
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
New Jersey Drive
The Cotton Club
Belly
Bound by Honor
Boyz n the Hood
The Many Saints of Newark