TYLER was born December 18, 1985, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, to Frank and Julie Roberds. He is the third of 4 children, and is native to the small rural town of Preston, Ok.

After graduating from Preston High School, Tyler moved to Oklahoma City to attend the Acting and Theater Arts program at OKCCC. He currently resides in his hometown of Preston.Tyler plans to pursue a career as well as further his education in the field of performing arts.

PAUL is a college student currently attending the local state college. He is 22 years old in his 2nd year of school He comes from a blue collar family. He does not have a good relationship with his parents. He sees them off and on, mostly for major holidays.

He is paying for his college from money left to him by a close family friend, Dave Fredrickson. Dave was a friend of the families since Paul was a child. Paul has always known him as Uncle Dave.

FIAWNA is a native Okie, with a caring, supportive family backing her up, including a brother, sister, mother and father. Her dad Jim Schmidt plays Detective Kuhn in the film.

She got her start in the acting circle through community theatre. However, music is what she really wants to do and it's what brought her to this role. She was singing at her friend's wedding, where director Tracy Trost saw her and asked her to audition, the rest is history.

JESS grew up with three older brothers and so she is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and get dirty. She enjoys hanging out with guys more than girls. She understands sports, but is not really into them. She is very smart and attends school on an academic scholarship.

She has been romantically interested in Jump for a long time, but has not known how to express it. They met at the school in joint classes. She is a business major.

AHMAD was born in Lafayette Louisiana in 1978 to two hardworking parents. After high school, Ahmad moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and enrolled at Oral Roberts University where he got his first taste of acting performing a small play for a class.

He has been in numerous shorts and feature independent films including the 2006 Script 2 Screen Film Festival award winner, "Brother Mine".

SAM has recently joined the McIntosh family as head of security detail for Senator McIntosh.  He has a long military background and takes his job very seriously.  He has not opened up his personal life to the Senator and his family.

They have always wondered about his past. He is very closed when it comes to talking about personal issues and family.  He has no friends and does not do social activities.  He lives and breathes the job.

BRIAN was third of four children born to Willard and Alice Shoop near the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie. He married his childhood sweetheart and moved her and their two boys west to find work in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1980.

It was in Tulsa, of all places, that he discovered his love for acting. When his boys left for college he began pursuing his craft full time at 47 – with the blessing of his understanding and supportive wife.

Ironically, he landed his first major motion picture role in “The Rookie”, about the oldest rookie in professional baseball.

Brian is currently preparing for projects that will take him to India and Israel.

He’s also excited for the realease of his own independent film on DVD this year with Cloud Ten Pictures called, “Treasure Blind.”

SENATOR ROBERT MCINTOSH is known for his strong conservative approach to politics. Though he is well known and respected within his party, he is not liked with the left side of the house for his stance on abortion and religion.

He has made some enemies because he is not willing to budge on his convictions. He is scheduled to deliver a speech at a support rally about his stance against proposition 417.

Proposition 417 is a bill that will make it illegal to post the 10 commandments or any other scripture taken from the Bible in any location public or private.  Over the past week there have been threats to his organization and his family.

Because of these threats, his security is at a heightened level.  But, even with the high level of security the one person nearest to his heart is taken.

DOUG is a native Tulsan and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. At OU, Doug took an elective acting class his senior year. Acting seemed like a fun thing, so upon graduation Doug headed for LA. His first gig was on the "Dating Game".  Shortly thereafter Doug got his card in the Screen Actors Guild with a featured role on Quantum Leap.

Along the way Doug met his wife (who also grew up in Tulsa) in LA on a blind date.  After enduring earthquakes, a riot and the general insanity of life in LA, they decided to head back home to Tulsa and start a family. They have three children.

In addition to Quantum Leap, Doug's credits include Unsolved Mysteries, Oklahoma Faded Love,  A Private Affair and Chillicothe, which appeared at the Sundance Film Festival. He also recently had the starring role as Jesus in the Trinity Broadcast Network film titled In His Sight.

MATTHEW is in his late 30’s.  Handsome and well groomed, he has been compared to JFK Jr. He is a Harvard Graduate with a law degree. He is very intelligent and is in line to take his father’s position in the Senate in 2 years when the next term comes up.

He is happy and confident with who he is and what his future holds He has worked in his fathers office since graduating college. He believes in what his father is doing and wants to carry on the legacy.

KIMBERLY is from Bartlesville, OK and lives there still. She has a brother and a sister and is married with two boys. She started out as a model for a show and got asked again for another show and so began her modeling career. About 2 years ago, she started acting classes.

When a friend e-mailed her about this movie, she talked to Joe Meyers (casting director) and eventually got the part of Merrick.

MERRICK is the hired gun for the Kidnapper.  She is a freelancer that goes from job to job. She has been involved in many high profile kidnappings and robberies.  She tends to be a hot head and looses her cool very easily. She is all about the details and can tend to get very frustrated when everything is not in perfect alignment. She is in it for the money, nothing less, nothing more.

JIM is a native Texan who moved to Oklahoma in 1995. He met and married his beautiful wife, Sheila in 1997. They have three children and currently reside in Tulsa, OK.

Jim is the president and founder of Put On Your Armor, a non-profit foundation.

Most recently, he and his wife Sheila and their children developed the national grief recovery project, I Cried Too.

DETECTIVE KUHN is Jess's Uncle on her mother's side. He has been a cop all of his working life.  He went to the police academy in this town and has worked his way up the ranks to Lead Detective. He is in his late 40's. He is still very serious about his job and his physical look.

He works out regularly and is neat. He is close to his sister (Jess's mother) and the two families get together on a regular basis.  Jess is very fond of him.