The Cool World

The Cool World

105 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 2, 1963

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.

The Cool World

105 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 2, 1963

The Cool World
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Wiseman Film Productions
Original title The Cool World
Directors Shirley Clarke
Writers Warren Miller, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee, Robert Rossen

Cast

Rony Clanton

as Duke (as Hampton Clanton)

Carl Lee

as Priest

Clarence Williams III

as Blood (as Clarence Williams)

Gary Bolling

as Littleman

Bostic Felton

as Rod

Joe Oliver

as Angel

Gloria Foster

as Duke's Mom

Ted Butler

as Mom's lover

Marilyn Cox

as Prostitute

Richard Ward

as Street speaker