The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Shirley ClarkeDirector
- Carl LeeWriter
- Shirley ClarkeWriter
- Mal WaldronOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rony ClantonDuke
- Carl LeePriest
- Yolanda RodríguezLuanne
- Clarence Williams IIIBlood
- Gary BollingLittleman
- Bostic FeltonRod
- Joe OliverAngel
- Gloria FosterDuke's Mom
- Ted ButlerMom's lover
- Marilyn CoxProstitute
- Richard WardStreet speaker
- Evadney CanegataCast
Stills
Themes
jazzgangracismwoman directorharlem, new york city