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The Cool World is a american film of genre Drama directed by Shirley Clarke released in USA on 2 september 1963 with Antonio Fargas
The Cool World (1963)
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Add to a movie listThe Cool World (1963) is a feature film about African-American life in the Royal Pythons, a youth gang in Harlem.
Synopsis
Un regard sur les horreurs du ghetto de Harlem, touché par la drogue, la violence, et la misère, ainsi que par le désespoir dû à la ségrégation raciale de la société américaine.Actors
Antonio Fargas
((uncredited))
Carl Lee
(Priest)
Clarence Williams III
(Blood)
Gloria Foster
(Duke's Mom)
Richard Ward
(Street speaker)
Val Bisoglio
(Gangster)
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