The Wendell Baker Story(2005)
Why not call him a hero?
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Movie: The Wendell Baker Story
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Wendell Baker
Doreen
Reyes Morales
Neil King
Skip Summers
L.R. Nasher
Boyd Fullbright
McTeague
Dave
Irma
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