Penitentiary

Name: Penitentiary
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-12-01
Duration: 99 min

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

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Penitentiary — Plot

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.

Release date
December 1, 1979
Runtime
99 min
Genres
Action, Drama, Crime
Director
Jamaa Fanaka

Penitentiary — Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy Martel '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 Mitchell Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney Peaches Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White Sweet Pea

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Martel 'Too Sweet' GordoneLeon Isaac Kennedy
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Eugene T. LawsonThommy Pollard
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Linda (as Hazel Spear)Hazel Spears
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Jesse AmosDonovan Womack
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Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
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Lieutenant ArnsworthChuck Mitchell
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PeachesGloria Delaney
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Sweet PeaWilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
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'Half Dead' JohnsonBadja Djola
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PoindexterCepheus Jaxon
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Lying Latney WinbornDwaine Fobbs
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CheeseErnest Wilson
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Magilla GorillaWill Richardson
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Nut #1Elijah Mitchell
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MookTony Andrea
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