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Movie Info

Frankie Carbone (Armand Assante) is a car thief for the mob, but after he survives an attempted hit, he ends up in federal custody and enters a witness protection program. Now known as Howard Akers, he moves to a quiet suburb and becomes involved with his neighbor Leigh (Angela Featherstone), whose husband, Denny (David Lipper), is having an affair with her sister, Bootsie (Dina Meyer). When Bootsie and Denny discover Howard's identity, they decide to try to collect the mob's reward for him.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Anthony Hickox
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 25, 2017
Runtime:

1h 34m
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

Armand Assante
Frank Carbone, Howard Akers

Angela Featherstone
Leigh Kirkindall

Dina Meyer
Bootsie Cavander

David Lipper
Denny Kirkindall

Frank Chiesurin
Sid

Tony Calabretta
Pasquale "Patsy" Dilepsi

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Critic Reviews for Federal Protection

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Perhaps it's only because I see five movies a week that are even stupider than Federal Protection that I can give it a mild recommendation.

September 14, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com