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Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.


“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.

Luke Wilson
Wendell Baker

Eva Mendes
Doreen

Jacob Vargas
Reyes Morales

Owen Wilson
Neil King

Harry Dean Stanton
Skip Summers

Kris Kristofferson
L.R. Nasher

Seymour Cassel
Boyd Fullbright

Eddie Griffin
McTeague

Will Ferrell
Dave

Angela Alvarado
Irma
The Wendell Baker Story is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2005 exploring themes of release from prison, con man. Directed by Luke Wilson, it stars Luke Wilson, Eva Mendes, Jacob Vargas. 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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