''First Time Felon'' is a 1997

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film starring

Omar Epps Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He has been awarded nine NAACP Image Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one MTV Movie Award, one Black Reel Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award. Epps's film r ...

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A young inexperienced drug dealer and Vice Lords gang member, Greg Yance (

), is arrested for drug possession in his hometown, Chicago. Because of Yance having five grams of drugs under his belt at the time of arrest, he is facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole for drug trafficking. Because it is his first offense, he is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in an intensive boot camp. Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant, Sergeant Calhoun (

Delroy Lindo Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English-American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' C ...

), continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp. Sergeant Calhoun's brutal methods breed resentment in Yance and other inmates.

Cast

as Greg Yance *

as Calhoun * Lucinda Jenney as Sharon * Rachel Ticotin as McBride * William Forsythe as Sorley * Jo D. Jonz as Pookie *

Treach Anthony Criss (born December 2, 1970), better known by his stage name Treach, is an American rapper and actor. He is perhaps best known as the lead rapper of the hip hop group Naughty by Nature. Career With Naughty by Nature, Treach worked ...

as Tyrone *

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as Laverne *

Justin Pierce Justin Charles Pierce (March 21, 1975 – July 10, 2000) was an American-British actor and skateboarder who grew up in the U.S. He is best known for his roles as Casper in the 1995 film ''Kids'' and Roach in the 2000 film ''Next Friday''. On J ...

as Eddie *

Gary Anthony Williams Gary Anthony Williams (born March 14, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He voiced the character of Uncle Ruckus on '' The Boondocks'', and a number of video game characters. He also appeared on the television series '' Weeds'' ...

as Wallace * Badja Djola as Disciple Leader *Robin Michelle McClamb as Greg's Mother (credited as Robin Vaughn) *Tom Nowicki as Hogan *Kristen Jones as Crystal * Ed Grady as Johnny the Farmer *Deborah Hobart as Annie Hill *Johnell Gainey as Nine *K. Addison Young as Wolf *Roger Ranney as Guardsman Jones * Charles S. Dutton as Inmate *

Clifton Powell Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in ''Ray'' (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination. Care ...

as King

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Filmed in

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. Filmed also in Cincinnati Ohio and Jacksonville Florida

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