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.
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| Directing | Shirley Clarke | Director |
| Writing | Shirley Clarke | Writer |
| Writing | Carl Lee | Writer |
| Writing | Robert Rossen | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Warren Miller | Novel |
| Production | Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Sound | Mal Waldron | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Baird Bryant | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Shirley Clarke | Editor |
| Editing | Peggy Lawson | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Hugh A. Robertson | Sound Editor |
