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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.


“Even acts of mercy have a price.”
Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already in trouble when he bails out a mysterious Haitian, Jean Baptiste, in the belief that Baptiste has been wrongly accused. Baptiste insinuates himself in Lamont's life and leads him on a journey of discovery. Lamont then finds that acts of conscience can have unforeseen consequences.

Giancarlo Esposito
Paul Lamont

Regina Taylor
Angela Lamont

Isaach de Bankolé
Jean Baptiste

Ron Brice
Clarence ross

O.L. Duke
Baker

Novella Nelson
Mrs. Lemont, Mother

Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Majhid

Laurence Mason
Jordi
Mitch Marchand
Harton
Alvaleta Guess
Officer Jones
The Keeper is a drama, thriller, crime film released in 1995. Directed by Joe Brewster, it stars Giancarlo Esposito, Regina Taylor, Isaach de Bankolé. Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already in trouble when he bails out a mysterious Haitian, Jean Baptiste, in the belief that Baptiste has been wrongly accused. Baptiste insinuates himself in Lamont's life and leads him on a journey of discovery. Lamont then finds that acts of conscience can have unforeseen consequences.
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