Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.
Directed by:
Yann Demange
Written by:
Andy Weiss and Logan & Noah Miller
Produced by:
John Lesher
Julie Yorn
Scott Franklin
Darren Aronofsky
Cast:
Matthew McConaughey
Richie Merritt
Bel Powley
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Brian Tyree Henry
Rory Cochrane
RJ Cyler
Jonathan Majors
Eddie Marsan
with Bruce Dern
and Piper Laurie
