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The Cool World is a 1963 feature film directed by Shirley Clarke about African-American life in the Royal Pythons, a youth gang in Harlem. In 1994, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Original Release
09/02/1963
US Release
09/02/1963
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rony Clanton | Duke |
| Carl Lee | Priest |
| Yolanda Rodríguez | Luanne |
| Clarence Williams III | Blood |
| Gary Bolling | Littleman |
| Bostic Felton | Rod |
| Gloria Foster | Mrs. Custis / Duke's Mom |
| John Marriott | Hurst |
| Georgia Burke | Grandma |
| Marilyn Cox | Miss Dewpoint / Prostitute |
Directors
Writers
Carl Lee, Shirley Clarke, Warren Miller, Robert Rossen
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rony Clanton | Duke |
| Carl Lee | Priest |
| Yolanda Rodríguez | Luanne |
| Clarence Williams III | Blood |
| Gary Bolling | Littleman |
| Bostic Felton | Rod |
| Gloria Foster | Mrs. Custis / Duke's Mom |
| John Marriott | Hurst |
| Georgia Burke | Grandma |
| Marilyn Cox | Miss Dewpoint / Prostitute |
| Jerome Raphael | Mr. Shapiro |
| Mel Stewart | Con-man |
| Joe Dennis | Douglas Thurston |
| Ronald Perry | The Kids: Savage |
| Charles Richardson | The Kids: Beebop |
| Bruce Edwards | The Kids: Warrior |
| Lloyd Edwards | The Kids: Foxy |
| Teddy McCain | The Kids: Saint |
| Joe Oliver | Angel / The Kids: Angel |
| Claude Cave | The Kids: Hardy |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
