Movie
The Banker
Overview
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-03-06
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Romulus Entertainment, Hyphenate Films, iAm21 Entertainment, Mad Hatter Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Anthony Mackie as Bernard Garrett
- Samuel L. Jackson as Joe Morris
- Nicholas Hoult as Matt Steiner
- Nia Long as Eunice Garrett
- Scott Johnson as Robert Florance, Jr.
- Jessie T. Usher as Tony Jackson
- Colm Meaney as Patrick Barker
- Paul Ben-Victor as Donald Silverthorne
- James DuMont as Senator McClellan
- Taylor Black as Susie
- Gregory Alan Williams as Britton Garrett
- Bill Kelly as Charles Renault
Crew
- George Nolfi - Director
- George Nolfi - Writer
- Niceole R. Levy - Writer
- David Lewis Smith - Writer
- Stan Younger - Writer
- Brad Kane - Story
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