
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)