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.
Unfortunately the movie The Cool World is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Shirley Clarke | Director |
| Writing | Shirley Clarke | Writer |
| Writing | Carl Lee | Writer |
| Editing | Shirley Clarke | Editor |
| Writing | Warren Miller | Novel |
| Sound | Mal Waldron | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Robert Rossen | Theatre Play |
| Production | Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Camera | Baird Bryant | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peggy Lawson | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Hugh A. Robertson | Sound Editor |
