

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
Duke
Carl Lee
Priest
Yolanda Rodríguez
Luanne

Clarence Williams III
Blood

Gary Bolling
Littleman
Bostic Felton
Rod
Joe Oliver
Angel

Gloria Foster
Duke's Mom
Ted Butler
Mom's lover
Marilyn Cox
Prostitute