Penitentiary

Penitentiary (1979)

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

  • Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1979-12-01
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 25 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jamaa Fanaka
star 5.2/10
From 25 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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
Directing Jamaa Fanaka Director
Writing Jamaa Fanaka Writer
Production Jamaa Fanaka Producer
Camera Marty Ollstein Director of Photography
Editing Betsy Blankett Milicevic Editor
Crew Richard Epper Stunts

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