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The Cool World

1963, crime, drama

105 minutes

Filmmaker Shirley Clarke ("The Connection") directs this powerful, stark semi-documentary 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

Rony Clanton

Rony Clanton

Duke (as Hampton Clanton)

Carl Lee

Priest

Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III

Blood (as Clarence Williams)

Gary Bolling

Littleman

Joe Oliver

Angel

Gloria Foster

Duke's Mom

Ted Butler

Mom's lover

Marilyn Cox

Prostitute

Richard Ward

Street speaker

Crew

Camera

Directing

Shirley Clarke

Shirley Clarke

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Mal Waldron

Original music composer

Writing

Carl Lee

Writer

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