
The Wendell Baker Story (2005) on Netflix
PG-1320051h 39mComedyDramaRomance
Wendell Baker sells fake IDs to undocumented immigrants. An undercover officer catches him, and his girlfriend Doreen stops visiting. Released, he takes a job at a retirement home.
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Plot summary
Wendell Baker builds a business selling fake IDs to undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. An undercover police officer catches him, and he goes to jail. Doreen, his girlfriend, visits him at first, but he has never told her how he feels, and she comes to doubt that he loves her. She stops coming and sends his letters back. On his release, his friend and former partner Reyes Morales collects him and tells him that his partner will not allow them to stay friends. Wendell takes a job at a retirement home.
Cast
Luke Wilsonas Wendell Baker
Eva Mendesas Doreen
Jacob Vargasas Reyes Morales
Owen Wilsonas Neil King
Harry Dean Stantonas Skip Summers
Kris Kristoffersonas L.R. Nasher
Seymour Casselas Boyd Fullbright
Eddie Griffinas McTeague
Will Ferrellas Dave
Angela Alvaradoas Irma
Jo Harvey Allenas Wanda King
Buck Tayloras Bob Draper

























