White Boy Rick (2018)

Name: White Boy Rick
Released: 2018
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Richie Merritt, Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bel Powley, RJ Cyler

• Movies, Crime, Drama

• 111 min

6.3

In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.

Directed by: Yann Demange
Casting: Richie Merritt, Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bel Powley, RJ Cyler, Rory Cochrane, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie, Brian Tyree Henry, Taylour Paige, Jonathan Majors, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Lawrence Adimora, Brad Carter, Brian 'Wolfman Black' Bowman, Gaynelle W. Sloman, Derrick Gilliam, Yassie Hawkes, Lauren Ashley Berry, Tyler Joseph Campbell, Joe Fishel, Danny Brown, YG, Meg Rasmussen, Brad Carter, Ayriel Strange, Victoria Watkins, Carly Tamborski, Kylee Williams Russell, Anthony Woods, Ansel Carpenter, Linda D Gaines, James Howard, Raekwon Haynes
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2018-09-14
Status: Released

Tags: war on drugs, drug trafficking, fbi, based on true story, informant, detroit, michigan, 1980s

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.