The movie isn't based on accounts from protagonist Bernard Garrett's children, but rather firsthand information from the man himself, they wrote. In the statement, Nolfi, cast members Anthony ...

This simply never happened. Period,” Garrett Jr. said in a statement to Deadline. “These charges against me are deeply humiliating and frustrating because I can never prove how false they are.

Now, Cynthia Garrett, the half-sister of Bernard Garrett Jr., son of the film’s subject, has come forward with allegations of sexual abuse.

In the 1950s and early 1960s, Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) became a real estate mogul in Los Angeles and (eventually) the owner of a bank in his Texas hometown at a time when all the cards ...

In the wake of Apple ‘s decision to delay the release of The Banker amid sexual abuse claims leveled against Bernard Garrett Jr. — the son of one of the subjects of the drama and a co-producer ...

We're introduced to Bernard as a precocious youngster living in 1930s Texas. He's ambitious and self-taught and eavesdrops on the men whose shoes he's shining to learn some business acumen.