Penitentiary (1979)
There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!
1979 · R · 1h 39m · Action, Drama, Crime
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
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.
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
Writers: Jamaa Fanaka
Music by: William Anderson
Cinematography: Marty Ollstein
Editor: Betsy Blankett Milicevic
Part of the Penitentiary franchise.
Cast
Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel 'Too Sweet' GordoneThommy Pollard as Eugene T. LawsonHazel Spears as Linda (as Hazel Spear)Donovan Womack as Jesse AmosFloyd 'Wildcat' Chatman as Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)Chuck Mitchell as Lieutenant ArnsworthGloria Delaney as PeachesWilbur 'Hi-Fi' White as Sweet PeaBadja Djola as 'Half Dead' JohnsonCepheus Jaxon as PoindexterDwaine Fobbs as Lying Latney WinbornErnest Wilson as CheeseMore like this
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