Penitentiary
1979 · 99 min
Action · Drama · Crime
★ 5.3Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director Jamaa Fanaka
- Writer Jamaa Fanaka
- Director of Photography Marty Ollstein
Cast
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
- T
Thommy Pollard
Eugene T. Lawson
- H
Hazel Spears
Linda (as Hazel Spear)
- D
Donovan Womack
Jesse Amos
- F
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck Mitchell
Lieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria Delaney
Peaches
- W
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Sweet Pea
Badja Djola
'Half Dead' Johnson
- C
Cepheus Jaxon
Poindexter
- D
Dwaine Fobbs
Lying Latney Winborn
- E
Ernest Wilson
Cheese
Crew
- Director — Jamaa Fanaka
- Writer — Jamaa Fanaka
- Director of Photography — Marty Ollstein
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