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  1. White Boy. (film) White Boy is a 2017 true crime documentary directed by Shawn Rech, written by Brandon Kimber, Seth Ferranti, and Scott Burnstein, and produced by Transition Studios. The documentary follows the story of Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” an FBI informant and alleged cocaine kingpin in Detroit in the 1980s, who was ...

  2. Mar 13, 2024 · Matthew McConaughey stars in this movie as Richard "Rick" Wershe Sr. and his son is played by Richie Merra, who appeared in two episodes of Euphoria as Bruce Jr. White Boy Rick begins in 1984, at the height of the crack epidemic in the United States and sees Ricky Jr. transform from a young boy trying to help his dad into an enterprising and ...

  3. Jul 20, 2018 · Yes. The White Boy Rick true story reveals that, like in the movie, it happened when Johnny Curry was in jail awaiting trial. His wife, Cathy Volsan (Mayor Coleman Young's niece), 24, began having an affair with Wershe, then 17. They were seen stepping out together but Wershe says that the relationship was tumultuous.

  4. Jul 12, 2021 · Hollywood went to work making a film version of White Boy Rick’s life, while an HBO documentary crew moved into the prison to film a tell-all about his story. For the first time in 30 years, White Boy Rick’s name was back in the headlines – but this time, the real story was printed underneath. White Boy Rick’s new fame changed his life.

  5. Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers. Based on the moving, true story of a blue-collar ...

  6. Jul 21, 2021 · Known as "White Boy Rick", Wershe's brief stint as an informant and his ultimate conviction inspired a 2018 movie of the same name, with Matthew McConaughey cast as his fictional father.

  7. White Boy Rick. In 1980s Detroit, Rick Wershe Jr. agrees to become an undercover drug informant in exchange for keeping his father out of prison. When young Rick gets in too deep, he finds himself seduced by the lure of easy money and becomes a drug dealer himself. more. Starring: Matthew McConaugheyRichie MerrittBel Powley.