Penitentiary
There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!
5.3
28 votes
1979
1h 39m
Action
Drama
Crime
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.
Directed by Jamaa Fanaka
Top cast
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Martel 'Too Sweet' GordoneT
Thommy Pollard
Eugene T. LawsonH
Hazel Spears
Linda (as Hazel Spear)D
Donovan Womack
Jesse AmosF
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck Mitchell
Lieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria Delaney
PeachesW
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Sweet Pea
Badja Djola
'Half Dead' JohnsonC
Cepheus Jaxon
PoindexterD
Dwaine Fobbs
Lying Latney WinbornE
Ernest Wilson
CheeseW
Will Richardson
Magilla GorillaE
Elijah Mitchell
Nut #1T
Tony Andrea
MookDetails
Status
Released
Release date
December 1, 1979
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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