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.
Movie tag line: "The man who changed the game."
Production companies:
Character: Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Character: Ned Irish
Character: Joe Lapchick
Character: Judd
Character: Sports Writer
Character: Maurice Podoloff
Character: Abe Saperstein
Character: Eddie Gottlieb
Character: Miles Slocum
Character: Donnie Grossman
Character: Jeanne Staples
Character: Sweetwater's Mother
Character: Pop
Character: Barker
Character: Frank
Character: T-Bone
Character: Coach Will Robinson
Character: Referee Pete
Character: Dan
Character: Mrs. Lapchick
Character: Arthur "Art" Webb
Character: Young Sweetwater
Character: Teen Sweetwater
Character: Dick McGuire
Character: Babe
Character: Chuck Cooper
Character: Norm Drucker
Character: Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)