White Boy Rick

About White Boy Rick

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.

White Boy Rick is a 2018 crime film directed by Yann Demange. At 111 minutes long, it arrived in September 2018.

The film is filed under drug trafficking, aimless youth, war on drugs, and informant. It is adapted from real events.

Matthew McConaughey stars as Richard Wershe Sr., Richie Merritt as Richard 'Ricky' Wershe Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh as Alex Snyder, and Bel Powley as Dawn Wershe. The screenplay is by Andy Weiss and Logan Miller. It comes from Columbia Pictures, LBI Productions, and Le Grisbi Productions. In the United States it streams on Starz Apple TV channel.

Black Mass, Blow, and Straight Outta Compton make useful companions to White Boy Rick, all filed under 1980s and FBI. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 1,238 votes and it carries a R rating.