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White Boy Rick

Teenager Richard Wershe Jr. infiltrated the FBI as an undercover informant in the 1980s, but was later caught and sentenced to life in prison for drug-related crimes.

In 1980s Detroit, a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., became embroiled in the city's crack epidemic and War on Drugs, with the son initially working as an undercover police informant before turning to drug dealing and being ultimately abandoned by his handlers.

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Info about White Boy Rick

Studio(s): Studio 8, Protozoa Pictures

Originally Released: United Kingdom, Dec 07, 2018

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $26,000,000.00

Budget: $29,000,000.00

Genres:Crime, Drama