First Time Felon (1997)

Directed by

Charles S. Dutton

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young drug dealer faces a long prison sentence as a first time offender. He gets a chance to avoid prison by going through a tough military style boot camp instead.

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What happens

First Time Felon is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Charles S. Dutton, written by Daniel Therriault, and starring Omar Epps and Delroy Lindo. Based on actual events, the film is about Greg Yance (Epps), a young drug dealer and first-time offender facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole. He is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in a grueling boot camp headed by Sgt. Calhoun (Lindo). Rachel Ticotin, Justin Pierce, Treach, and William Forsythe also star. First Time Felon aired on HBO on September 6, 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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