<P> `` 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 . '' </P>
<P> `` 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 . '' </P>
who was the movie white boy rick based off of
who was the movie white boy rick based off of
Rick Wershe Jr.
Rick Wershe Jr.