
119 minutes
4/14/2023
In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.

Everett Osborne
as Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton

Cary Elwes
as Ned Irish

Jeremy Piven
as Joe Lapchick

Eric Roberts
as Judd

Jim Caviezel
as Sports Writer

Richard Dreyfuss
as Maurice Podoloff

Kevin Pollak
as Abe Saperstein

Mike Starr
as Eddie Gottlieb

Jim Meskimen
as Miles Slocum

Jason Sklar
as Donnie Grossman

Emmaline
as Jeanne Staples

Ashani Roberts
as Sweetwater's Mother

Robert Ri'chard
as Pop

Paul Hipp
as Barker

Eric Etebari
as Frank

Gary Clark Jr.
as T-Bone

Ernest Harden Jr.
as Coach Will Robinson

Wayne Federman
as Referee Pete

Billy Malone
as Dan

Dahlia Waingort
as Mrs. Lapchick

Tim Kavanagh
as Arthur "Art" Webb
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman
as Young Sweetwater

Delijah McAlpin
as Teen Sweetwater
Dave Cobert
as Dick McGuire
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang
as Babe

Bobby Portis Jr.
as Earl "Big Cat" Llyod
Joshua King Brooks
as Chuck Cooper
Steven Morse
as Norm Drucker

Preston Galli
as Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)