The Cool World (1963)

Directors

Shirley Clarke

Cast

Rony Clanton, Yolanda Rodríguez, Clarence Williams III, Gary Bolling, Bostic Felton, Gloria Foster, John Marriott, Georgia Burke, Marilyn Cox, Jerome Raphael, Mel Stewart, Joe Dennis, Ronald Perry, Bruce Edwards, Lloyd Edwards, Teddy McCain, Joe Oliver, Claude Cave, Maurice Sneed, Will Ford, Ken Sutherland, J.C. Lee, Bert Donaldson, Billy Taylor, Riley Mac, Alfred Collymore, George Goodman, Richard Ward, Jay Brooks, Val Bisoglio, Vic Ramano, Ted Butler, Pheta Canegata, William Canegata, Sandra McPherson, Wilbur Green, Nettie Avery, Esther Bodie, Irma Williams, Dean Cohen, Peter De Anda, Alan Mercer, Evadney Canegata, Antonio Fargas, Dizzy Gillespie, Milton Williams

The story

The plot concerns the obsession of Duke (Hampton Clanton), a 15-year-old member of the gang Royal Pythons, to get a gun from a racketeer named Priest (Carl Lee), in order to become the president of the Pythons and a big shot in Harlem. After their friend Littleman's father was forced out of his apartment, the Pythons take over the place and install Luanne, Python president Blood's girlfriend, as resident prostitute. Discovering that Blood is a heroin addict, Duke assumes leadership of the gang and Luanne becomes his girl.

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