White Boy Rick
In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.
, 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.
- Director
- Yann Demange
- Worldwide
- $26M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
23 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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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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Box Office & Release
White Boy Rick returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $29M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $26M
- Release date
- Sep 14, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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