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
Clarence Williams III
Blood
Gary Bolling
Littleman
Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
Richard Ward
Street speaker
Antonio Fargas
(uncredited)Recommendations
The Cotton Club
Mob Town
Belly
Shaft
Paid in Full
The Hate U Give
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
American Gangster
Siberian Education
True Believer
The Kitchen
Riot in Cell Block 11
Juice
Ill Manors
Bound by Honor
Knock on Any Door
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The Big Combo
Imperial Dreams