White Boy Rick
In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.
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9/14/2018Runtime
111 minsOverview
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$29,000,000Revenue
$26,000,000Homepage
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A sobering true-crime chronicle of adolescence weaponized by corrupt authority figures, where a teenager's ambition becomes his undoing in the brutal landscape of 1980s drug trade Detroit.
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Richie Merritt
Ricky Wershe Jr.
Matthew McConaughey
Richard Wershe Sr.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Alex Snyder
Bel Powley
Dawn Wershe
RJ Cyler
Rudell Boo Curry
Rory Cochrane
Agent Byrd
Eddie Marsan
Art Derrick
Bruce Dern
Grandpa Roman Wershe
Piper Laurie
Grandma Verna Wershe
Brian Tyree Henry
Detective Jackson
Taylour Paige
Cathy Volsan
Jonathan Majors
Johnny 'Lil Man' Curry
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