White Men Can't Jump is a 1992 American comedy drama sports film starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as streetball hustlers, co-starring Rosie Perez. The film was written and directed by Ron Shelton and released in theaters on March 27, 1992 by 20th Century Fox. Billy Hoyle is a former college basketball player who makes a living hustling streetballers who assume he cannot play well because he is white. Hoyle never downplays his skill to increase the stakes; it is the black basketball players' own assumptions that are at the root of the hustle. Such a talented but arrogant player is... Sidney Deane , a star on the Venice Beach, California outdoor courts. He is humiliated twice by Billy in front of his friends, losing a wager. But he also recognizes a good thing when he sees one and immediately begins to think of a number of ways Billy can be useful to him. Billy and his girlfriend Gloria Clemente are on the run from out-of-state mobsters because of a gambling debt. A voracious reader, making note of obscure facts, Gloria's goal in life is to be a contestant on the television show Jeopardy! and make a fortune.
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| Release date: | March 27, 1992 |
| Directed by: | Ron Shelton |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | David V. Lester, Don Miller |
| Editor: | Kimberly Ray, Paul Seydor |
| Music by: | Bennie Wallace |
| Cinematography: | Russell Boyd |
| Screenplay by: | Ron Shelton |
| Genre: | Comedy |