The Wendell Baker Story

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.

Cast

Luke Wilson

as Wendell Baker

Eva Mendes

as Doreen

Jacob Vargas

as Reyes Morales

Owen Wilson

as Neil King

Harry Dean Stanton

as Skip Summers

Kris Kristofferson

as L.R. Nasher

Seymour Cassel

as Boyd Fullbright

Eddie Griffin

as McTeague

Will Ferrell

as Dave

Angela Alvarado

as Irma

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