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White Men Can't Jump is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ron Shelton released in USA on 27 march 1992 with Wesley Snipes

White Men Can't Jump (1992)

White Men Can't Jump
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Released in USA 27 march 1992
Length 1h55
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating67% 3.398663.398663.398663.398663.39866

White Men Can't Jump is a 1992 American sports comedy film written and directed by Ron Shelton, starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as streetball hustlers. The film was released in the United States on March 27, 1992, by 20th Century Fox.

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Sidney Deane and a group of streetballers in Venice, California are playing a pickup basketball game. When one of the players on the other team gets hurt, Sidney urges his opponents to pick Billy Hoyle, a white bystander, to take the injured man's place, figuring he cannot play well because of his race. Billy proves to be much better than Sidney expected, leading his team to beat Sidney's, and he then beats Sidney for money in a one-on-one rematch.

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