Summaries

In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."

Now the subject of 1980's Detroit street folklore, then 17 year old Richard Wershe, Jr. was said to have run a vicious, sophisticated large-scale inner-city drug operation. He was arrested as a teen and sentenced to life-without parole for a non-violent, juvenile drug offense. He remains imprisoned 30 years later. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men seek to set the record straight on the urban legend known as "White Boy Rick." In this case the truth is even stranger than the legend.—producers

Details

Keywords
  • corruption
  • political corruption
  • reenactment
  • drug trade
  • fbi informant
Genres
  • Crime
  • Documentary
Release date May 28, 2018
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Woodward Original Transition Studios

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Runtime 1h 22m
Color Color
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