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.
as Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton
as Ned Irish
as Joe Lapchick
as Judd
as Sports Writer
as Maurice Podoloff
as Abe Saperstein
as Eddie Gottlieb
as Miles Slocum
as Donnie Grossman
as Jeanne Staples
as Sweetwater's Mother
as Pop
as Barker
as Frank
as T-Bone
as Coach Will Robinson
as Referee Pete
as Dan
as Mrs. Lapchick
as Arthur "Art" Webb
as Young Sweetwater
as Teen Sweetwater
as Dick McGuire
as Babe
as Earl "Big Cat" Llyod
as Chuck Cooper
as Norm Drucker
as Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
