''First Time Felon'' is a 1997

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directed by Charles S. Dutton and starring

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A young inexperienced drug dealer and

Vice Lords The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Vice Lords for short, abbreviated AVLN) is the second-largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000. It i ...

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

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as Greg Yance * Delroy Lindo as Sergeant Calhoun * Lucinda Jenney as Sharon * Rachel Ticotin as McBride * William Forsythe as Sorley * Jo D. Jonz as "Pookie" *

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as Tyrone * Pepa as Laverne * Justin Pierce as Eddie * Gary Anthony Williams 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 *

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as King

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Filmed in

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, and

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