Penitentiary (1979)

Name: Penitentiary
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-12-01
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

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.

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Released 1979-12-01 · 99 min · Action, Drama, Crime

Directed by Jamaa Fanaka

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Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Thommy Pollard as Eugene T. Lawson
Hazel Spears as Linda (as Hazel Spear)
Donovan Womack as Jesse Amos
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman as Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck Mitchell as Lieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria Delaney as Peaches
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White as Sweet Pea
Badja Djola as 'Half Dead' Johnson
Cepheus Jaxon as Poindexter
Dwaine Fobbs as Lying Latney Winborn
Ernest Wilson as Cheese
Will Richardson as Magilla Gorilla
Elijah Mitchell as Nut #1
Tony Andrea as Mook