
Above the Rim(1994)
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.



Shannon Tweed
Maureen Doherty

Amy Lindsay
Molly Malone

Myles O'Brien
John Doherty

Kirstin Pierce
Virginia Hill
Corbin Timbrook
David Mulholland
Judi Jensen
Maid

David Jean Thomas
Judge Atkins

Timothy Vahle
Brian Armstrong

Taimie Hannum
Partner

Paul Keeley
Public Defender
Forbidden Sins is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1999. Directed by Robert Angelo, it stars Shannon Tweed, Amy Lindsay, Myles O'Brien. Shannon Tweed stars as the divorced defense attorney who gets caught in a passionate love affair with an accused murderer.
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