The Way Back

March. 06,2020      R
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

Ben Affleck as  Jack Cunningham
Al Madrigal as  Dan
Michaela Watkins as  Beth
Janina Gavankar as  Angela
Glynn Turman as  Doc
Melvin Gregg as  Marcus Parrish
Brandon Wilson as  Brandon Durrett
Will Ropp as  Kenny Dawes
Fernando Luis Vega as  Sam Garcia
Charles Lott, Jr. as  Chubbs Hendricks

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