Shirley Clarke
Director
The Cool World (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.
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Production Companies: Wiseman Film Productions
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
Recommendations
105 min
Sept. 2, 1963
Released
NR / 18+