Heaven Is a Playground

Heaven Is a Playground

106 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1991

On Chicago's South Side, too many kids get their one shot in life at the wrong end of a gun. But Byron Harper is determined to change all that with a dream called basketball. His hottest player, Truth, has a chance to turn pro, but first Harper has to tackle two major obstacles: Truth's drug problem and his ambitious, crooked sports agent. Enter Zack Telander, a promising young attorney who has given up his small-town law practice. He's spending a summer in the city playing pick-up basketball games and re-thinking his future. Harper asks for his help, but first Zack has to prove himself at hoops.

Heaven Is a Playground

106 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1991

Heaven Is a Playground
On Chicago's South Side, too many kids get their one shot in life at the wrong end of a gun. But Byron Harper is determined to change all that with a dream called basketball. His hottest player, Truth, has a chance to turn pro, but first Harper has to tackle two major obstacles: Truth's drug problem and his ambitious, crooked sports agent. Enter Zack Telander, a promising young attorney who has given up his small-town law practice. He's spending a summer in the city playing pick-up basketball games and re-thinking his future. Harper asks for his help, but first Zack has to prove himself at hoops.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers
Original title Heaven Is a Playground
Directors Randall Fried
Writers Randall Fried

Cast

Nigel Miguel

as Casey Caldwell

Victor Love

as Truth Harrison

Bo Kimble

as Matthew Lockhart

D.B. Sweeney

as Zack Telander

Michael Warren

as Byron Harper

Richard Jordan

as David Racine

Janet Julian

as Dalton Ellis