White Boy Rick
“In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.”
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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Cast
37 people
Matthew McConaughey
Richard Wershe Sr.
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Richie Merritt
Richard 'Ricky' Wershe Jr.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Alex Snyder
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Bel Powley
Dawn Wershe
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The Morning Show
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RJ Cyler
Rudell Boo Curry
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Rory Cochrane
Agent Byrd
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Eddie Marsan
Art Derrick
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Bruce Dern
Grandpa Roman Wershe
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Nebraska
The Hateful Eight
Piper Laurie
Grandma Verna Wershe
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Twin Peaks
Carrie
Brian Tyree Henry
Detective Jackson
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Taylour Paige
Cathy Volsan
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Jonathan Majors
Johnny 'Lil Man' Curry
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Yann Demange Director · Noah Miller Writer Andy Weiss Writer
Worldwide gross $26M · Budget $29M · United States release September 14, 2018
Box office
Budget
$29,000,000
Worldwide gross
$25,957,482
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Studio 8
Production
Protozoa Pictures
Production
LBI Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Le Grisbi Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 31, 2018
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · September 14, 2018
Theatrical
Brazil
September 14, 2018 · Theatrical
France
January 2, 2019 · Theatrical
April 20, 2019 · Digital · VOD
May 6, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 6, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
March 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 7, 2018 · Digital
Italy
March 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
June 5, 2019 · Digital
Lithuania
February 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 3, 2019 · Theatrical
May 15, 2019 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Poland
February 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
September 27, 2018 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 20, 2019 · Digital · Netflix
Spain
February 8, 2019 · Theatrical
December 5, 2020 · Theatrical · NETFLIX
Türkiye
January 25, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
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