Rick Wershe worked undercover for the police to try and bring down drug dealers, but in an odd twist of fate was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for cocaine trafficking.
Andy Weiss
Studio 8 has picked up the rights to the story of “White Boy” Rick Wershe, who worked undercover for the police to try and bring down drug dealers, but in an odd twist of fate was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for cocaine trafficking.
Centers on the life of Al “Bummy” Davis, a Jewish lightweight boxer that become a symbol of hope in 1930s-40s Brownsville, Brooklyn, helping to drive out the Jewish mafia, which crippled the neighborhood and ruled the streets.
Logline: Based on the life-story of Richard Wershe Jr., who at the age of 14, went undercover as an informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies during the mid-80s and quickly went from being an asset to an issue after being arrested for possession of 17 pounds of cocaine at the age of 17 — and then sentenced to life without parole.
