Nickel Boys Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Nickel Boys.

• A
  Aunjanue L. Ellis

• E
  Ethan Herisse

• B
  Brandon Wilson

  Fishbowl

• H
  Hamish Linklater

  The Future, 42

• F
  Fred Hechinger

  Gladiator II, Kraven the Hunter

• D
  Daveed Diggs

  The Little Mermaid, Their Town

• A
  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

  Exhibiting Forgiveness, Origin

Crew Behind the Film

The Nickel Boys behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director

RaMell Ross

Screenwriters

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Additional Information

All Trailers

Official Nickel Boys movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Nickel Boys movie production.

Key Facts

• Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel.

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