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The fellow residents of his sketchy NYC neighborhood only knew the garbage man called Clean (Adrien Brody) as a quiet but kindly Samaritan. However, the past he never spoke about was marked by tragedy-and violence-and he'll bring vicious skills to bear when the machinations of the local drug lord (Glenn Fleshler) impact the teenage girl (Chandler DuPont) he'd taken under his wing. Intense crime drama co-scripted by Brody co-stars Richie Merritt, Michelle Wilson. 94 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.

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Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true 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 and sentenced to life in prison.