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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.
Keywords
basketball
national basketball association (nba)
1950s
Casts

Everett Osborne
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton

Cary Elwes
Ned Irish

Jeremy Piven
Joe Lapchick

Eric Roberts
Judd

Jim Caviezel
Sports Writer

Richard Dreyfuss
Maurice Podoloff

Kevin Pollak
Abe Saperstein

Mike Starr
Eddie Gottlieb

Jim Meskimen
Miles Slocum

Jason Sklar
Donnie Grossman

Emmaline
Jeanne Staples

Ashani Roberts
Sweetwater's Mother

Robert Ri'chard
Pop

Paul Hipp
Barker

Eric Etebari
Frank

Gary Clark Jr.
T-Bone

Ernest Harden Jr.
Coach Will Robinson

Wayne Federman
Referee Pete

Billy Malone
Dan

Dahlia Waingort
Mrs. Lapchick

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

Delijah McAlpin
Teen Sweetwater
Dave Cobert
Dick McGuire
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang
Babe
Joshua King Brooks
Chuck Cooper
Steven Morse
Norm Drucker

Preston Galli
Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
Crews

Massimo Zeri
Director of Photography
Martin Guigui
Director
Martin Guigui
Writer

Peewee Piemonte
Stunt Coordinator
Mark Bonfigli
Co-Producer
Craig Cheek
Executive Producer
Ron Eli Cohen
Associate Producer
Rodric David
Associate Producer
Josi W. Konski
Producer

Megan Mieduch
Associate Producer
Tim Moore
Producer

Darren Moorman
Producer
Tom Ortenberg
Executive Producer
Scott Pomeroy
Executive Producer
Dee Shiver
Creative Consultant

Dahlia Waingort
Producer

Lalo Schifrin
Music
Eric Potter
Editor
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