"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."
Rony Clanton
as Duke
Carl Lee
as Priest
Yolanda Rodríguez
as Luanne
Clarence Williams III
as Blood
Gary Bolling
as Littleman
Bostic Felton
as Rod
Joe Oliver
as Angel
Gloria Foster
as Duke's Mom
Ted Butler
as Mom's lover
Marilyn Cox
as Prostitute
Richard Ward
as Street speaker
Evadney Canegata
as
Antonio Fargas
as (uncredited)
Shirley Clarke
Director
Writer
Robert Rossen
Theatre Play
Warren Miller
Novel
Frederick Wiseman
Producer
Mal Waldron
Original Music Composer
Baird Bryant
Director of Photography
Editor
Peggy Lawson
Associate Editor
Hugh A. Robertson
Sound Editor