"A new breed of street war"
Tommy is a 28-year-old man who escaped his hellish childhood by murdering his abusive father. After a prison stint, Tommy's work release program gives him a shot at a new life when he is placed as a cook at St. Michael's School in L.A, There he meets Guillermo, a neighborhood kid who is committed to keeping him out of trouble, and Sophia, a schoolteacher who educates him in a subject he knows nothing about--love.
Frank John Hughes
Tommy
Seidy López
Sophia
Lombardo Boyar
Guillermo
Castulo Guerra
Father Chavez
Joseph Bologna
Renfro
Richard C. Sarafian
Erlik
Jason Carter
Marcus
Dana Ashbrook
Mikey
Douglas Spain
Steven
Tommy is a 28-year-old man who escaped his hellish childhood by murdering his abusive father. After a prison stint, Tommy's work release program gives him a shot at a new life when he is placed as a cook at St. Michael's School in L.A, There he meets Guillermo, a neighborhood kid who is committed to keeping him out of trouble, and Sophia, a schoolteacher who educates him in a subject he knows nothing about--love.
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