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Penitentiary

1979-12-01 · 99 min · ★ 5.3

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.

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Directors
Jamaa Fanaka
Production companies
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Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Leon Isaac KennedyLeon 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 MitchellChuck MitchellLieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria DelaneyGloria DelaneyPeaches
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' WhiteSweet Pea
Badja DjolaBadja Djola'Half Dead' Johnson
Cepheus Jaxon Poindexter
Dwaine Fobbs Lying Latney Winborn
Ernest Wilson Cheese
Will Richardson Magilla Gorilla
Elijah Mitchell Nut #1
Tony Andrea Mook

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