The Cool World (1963)★ 6.4/10
- Crime
- Drama
Directed by: Shirley Clarke
Written by: Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee, Warren Miller, Robert Rossen
A look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
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Cast & crew
Rony ClantonDukeCarl LeePriestYolanda RodríguezLuanne
Clarence Williams IIIBloodGary BollingLittlemanBostic FeltonRod
Gloria FosterMrs. Custis
John MarriottHurstGeorgia BurkeGrandmaMarilyn CoxMiss DewpointJerome RaphaelMr. Shapiro
Mel StewartCon-manJoe DennisDouglas ThurstonRonald PerryThe Kids: SavageCharles RichardsonThe Kids: BeebopBruce EdwardsThe Kids: WarriorLloyd EdwardsThe Kids: FoxyTeddy McCainThe Kids: SaintJoe OliverThe Kids: AngelClaude CaveThe Kids: HardyMaurice SneedThe Kids: RockyWill FordAceKen SutherlandBig JeffJ.C. Lee1st CoolieBert DonaldsonForty-fiveBilly TaylorMissionRiley MacMacAlfred CollymoreChinaGeorge W. GoodmanNewscaster
Richard WardStreet SpeakerJay BrooksLittleman's Father
Val BisoglioGangsterVic RamanoGangsterTed ButlerMr. OsbornePheta CanegataPhetaWilliam CanegataCopSandra McPhersonConey Island GirlWilbur GreenPriest's BuddyNettie AveryBig DaddyEsther BodieLadyIrma WilliamsLadyDean CohenCop (uncredited)
Peter De AndaCop (uncredited)
Antonio Fargas (uncredited)
Dizzy Gillespie (uncredited)Alan MercerCop (uncredited)Milton Williams (uncredited)