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