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Penitentiary (1979)

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.
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Jamaa Fanaka profile
Jamaa Fanaka

Director

Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy profile
Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

Thommy Pollard  profile
Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

Hazel Spears  profile
Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)

Donovan Womack  profile
Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman  profile
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

Chuck Mitchell profile
Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney profile
Gloria Delaney

Peaches

Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White profile
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Badja Djola profile
Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

Cepheus Jaxon  profile
Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

Dwaine Fobbs  profile
Dwaine Fobbs

Lying Latney Winborn

Ernest Wilson  profile
Ernest Wilson

Cheese

Leon Isaac Kennedy profile
Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

Thommy Pollard  profile
Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

Hazel Spears  profile
Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)

Donovan Womack  profile
Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman  profile
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

Chuck Mitchell profile
Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney profile
Gloria Delaney

Peaches

Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White profile
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Badja Djola profile
Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

Cepheus Jaxon  profile
Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

Dwaine Fobbs  profile
Dwaine Fobbs

Lying Latney Winborn

Ernest Wilson  profile
Ernest Wilson

Cheese

Extra

Release Date

December 1, 1979

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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1979 Theatrical Trailer

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