White Boy (2017)★ 7.1/10
- Crime
- Documentary
Directed by: Shawn Rech
Written by: Brandon Kimber, Seth Ferranti
In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."
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Richard Wershe Jr.Self - 'White Boy Rick' (archiveFootage)
Scott M. BurnsteinSelf - Reporter
Dana HathawaySelf - Judge - Wayne County Circuit Court
Joe SwickardSelf - Reporter 1979 - 2012, Detroit Free Press
Kevin DietzSelf - Television Reporter
Chris HansenSelf - Investigative Journalist, Detroit 1981-1993
Herm GromanSelf - FBI Special Agent Detroit, 1981-1993
William RiceSelf - Head of Homicide, 2000-2007 Detroit Police Department
Gregg SchwarzSelf - FBI Special Agent, Detroit 1981-1993
Johnny CurrySelf - Detroit Drug Lord, 1980's
Seth FerrantiSelf - Journalist
Nathaniel CraftSelf - Convicted Murderer
Ralph MusilliSelf - Rick's Attorney
Dawn Wershe-ScottSelf - Rick's Sister
Darlene McCormickSelf - Rick's Mother
Steve FishmanSelf - Defense Attorney
Robert AguirreSelf - Retired Police Officer, Former Parole Board Member
Tim AllenSelf - Actor (archiveFootage)
Edward BellSelf - Rick's Former Attorney (archiveFootage)
Tom BrokawSelf - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw (archiveFootage)
William BufalinoSelf - Rick's Former Attorney (archiveFootage)Richard Earl Carter Sr.Self - Founder, Best Friends Gang (archiveFootage)
Mike CastroSelf - Undercover FBI Agent (archiveFootage)
Cathy Volson CurrySelf - Wife of Johnny Curry (archiveFootage)
Leo CurrySelf - Brother of Johnny Curry (archiveFootage)
LaKeas DavisSelf - Framed for the Murder of Damion Lucas (archiveFootage)
Alan DershowitzSelf - Attorney & Law Professor (archiveFootage)
Michael DugganSelf - Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (archiveFootage)
Samuel GardnerSelf - Rick's Former Attorney (archiveFootage)
Marvelous Marvin HaglerSelf - Boxer (archiveFootage)
Jimmy HarrisSelf - Mayor Coleman's Protective Services Detail (archiveFootage)
William HartSelf - Former Detroit Chief of Police (archiveFootage)
Thomas HearnsSelf - Boxer from Detroit, Michigan (archiveFootage)
Gilbert R. HillSelf - Detroit Police Department's Head of Homicide Division (archiveFootage)
Thomas E. JacksonSelf - Trial Judge (archiveFootage)
Milton JonesSelf - Young Boys Incorporated Gang Leader (archiveFootage)
Kid RockSelf - Character Witness for Richard Wersche Jr. (archiveFootage)
Damion LucasSelf - Nephew of Leon Lucas (archiveFootage)
Leon LucasSelf - Member of Johnny Curry's Crew (archiveFootage)
Kurt NapierSelf - Protégé of Butch Jones (archiveFootage)
Nancy ReaganSelf - First Lady of the United States (archiveFootage)
Rick SnyderSelf - Governor of Michigan (archiveFootage)
Willie VolsonSelf - Brother-in-Law of Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young (archiveFootage)
Richard Wershe Sr.Self - Rick's Father (archiveFootage)
Richard WilliamsSelf - Rick's Son (archiveFootage)
Kym WorthySelf - Prosecuting Attorney (archiveFootage)
Coleman YoungSelf - Former Mayor of Detroit (archiveFootage)Dyrell BarnettShooter's BrotherNathan BrahceRichard Wershe Jr.Brandon CarthensJohnny Curry
John FecekParamedicEvette FranceShooter's GirlfriendJahmaal GlennShooterThomas M. QuintanaBrother's FriendBrent ReichertParamedic