
Illegal Tender(2007)
After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.



Sam Elliott
Detective Lukas Black

Jamie Kennedy
Albert Straka
Carlton Elizabeth
Sara Carreni

Michael Cavalieri
Frank Carreni

Lori Heuring
Emily

Keith David
Detective Charles Desett
Bridget Ellen
Tina

Nick Swardson
Shaun

Michael Philip
Jim
Ancorneil
Mrs. Shay
Pretty When You Cry is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2001. Directed by Jack N. Green, it stars Sam Elliott, Jamie Kennedy, Carlton Elizabeth. A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
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