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A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.



Stephen Dorff
Wade Porter

Val Kilmer
John Smith

Harold Perrineau
Lt. Jackson

Marisol Nichols
Laura Porter

Johnny Lewis
Snowman

Nick Chinlund
Sgt. Roberts

Anne Archer
Maggie

Larnell Stovall
Viper

Sam Shepard
Gordon
Vincent Miller
Michael Porter
Felon is a crime, drama, thriller, action film released in 2008 exploring themes of prison, neo-nazism, tattoo, court, fight, murder. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it stars Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Harold Perrineau. A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
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