

The Wendell Baker Story
2005-08-03 · 99 min · ★ 5.1
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.
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- Directors
- Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson
- Production companies
- Franchise Pictures, MHF Zweite Academy Film
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Luke WilsonWendell Baker
Eva MendesDoreen
Jacob VargasReyes Morales
Owen WilsonNeil King
Harry Dean StantonSkip Summers
Kris KristoffersonL.R. Nasher
Seymour CasselBoyd Fullbright
Eddie GriffinMcTeague
Will FerrellDave
Angela AlvaradoIrma
Jo Harvey AllenWanda King
Buck TaylorBob Draper
Billy Joe ShaverReverend Shackelton
Azura SkyeMay
Nicole SwahnLucy
Heather KafkaMarianne
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