The Cool World
“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.
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Cast
13 people
Rony Clanton
Duke
Known for
Dash & Lily
Hope Springs
Carl Lee
Priest
Known for
Super Fly
Yolanda Rodríguez
Luanne
Clarence Williams III
Blood
Known for
The Legend of 1900
Tales from the Hood
Gary Bolling
Littleman
Also in
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Losing Ground
Bostic Felton
Rod
No other roles listed
Joe Oliver
Angel
Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
Known for
The Matrix
Leonard Part 6
Ted Butler
Mom's lover
Also in
The Wiz
Siege
Marilyn Cox
Prostitute
No other roles listed
Richard Ward
Street speaker
Known for
The Jerk
Brubaker
Evadney Canegata
Shirley Clarke Director · Carl Lee Writer Warren Miller Author
United States release April 20, 1964 · Produced in United States
Production
Wiseman Film Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 2, 1963
Premiere
United States · April 20, 1964
Theatrical
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