THE BANKER
OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) CERT M / 120 MINS
DIRECTOR George Nolfi
CAST Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Mackie, Nia Long
PLOT In 1960s America, two African-American businessmen — Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson) — see an opportunity to buy a bank in Garrett’s deeply racist Texan hometown. The catch: to succeed, they need to use a dimwitted white guy (Hoult) as their front. Complications soon arise, with potentially serious implications…
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