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Penitentiary (1979)

R Dec 01, 1979 Action, Drama, Crime 1h 39m
User Score
53%
26 votes
Internet Movie Database
57%

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.

Jamaa Fanaka
Director

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Top Billed Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy
Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Thommy Pollard
Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson
Hazel Spears
Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)
Donovan Womack
Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck Mitchell
Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria Delaney
Gloria Delaney

Peaches
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea
Badja Djola
Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

Full Cast & Crew

Media

1979 Theatrical Trailer
1979 Theatrical Trailer
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