

Penitentiary
1979 · Movie · 1h 39m · R
ActionDramaCrime
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
Key crew
- Jamaa FanakaDirector
- Jamaa FanakaWriter
- William AndersonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Leon Isaac KennedyMartel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
- Thommy Pollard Eugene T. Lawson
- Hazel Spears Linda (as Hazel Spear)
- Donovan Womack Jesse Amos
- Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
- Chuck MitchellLieutenant Arnsworth
- Gloria DelaneyPeaches
- Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' WhiteSweet Pea
- Badja Djola'Half Dead' Johnson
- Cepheus Jaxon Poindexter
- Dwaine Fobbs Lying Latney Winborn
- Ernest Wilson Cheese
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