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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.
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)