A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.
Is The Cool World on Netflix? Unfortunately the movie The Cool World is not yet available on Netflix.
| Directing | Shirley Clarke | Director |
| Writing | Carl Lee | Writer |
| Writing | Shirley Clarke | Writer |
| Sound | Mal Waldron | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Editing | Shirley Clarke | Editor |
| Writing | Warren Miller | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Rossen | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Baird Bryant | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peggy Lawson | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Hugh A. Robertson | Sound Editor |
