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Penitentiary (1979)

R 12/01/1979 (US) ActionDramaCrime 1h 39m
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There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

Overview

A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.

  1. Jamaa Fanaka

    Director, Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Leon Isaac Kennedy

    Leon Isaac Kennedy

    Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

  2. Thommy Pollard

    Eugene T. Lawson

  3. Hazel Spears

    Linda (as Hazel Spear)

  4. Donovan Womack

    Jesse Amos

  5. Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

    Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

  6. Chuck Mitchell

    Chuck Mitchell

    Lieutenant Arnsworth

  7. Gloria Delaney

    Gloria Delaney

    Peaches

  8. Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

    Sweet Pea

  9. Badja Djola

    Badja Djola

    'Half Dead' Johnson

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Penitentiary
Penitentiary

Status Released

Original Language English

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