Penitentiary
Penitentiary1979
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Penitentiary
1h 39m·Action, Drama, Crime·
Directed by Jamaa Fanaka·1979
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5.3/10 avgAverage user ratingA 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.
DirectorJamaa FanakaCinematographyMarty Ollstein
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Leon Isaac KennedyMartel 'Too Sweet' Gordone | Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone |
| TThommy Pollard Eugene T. Lawson | Eugene T. Lawson |
| HHazel Spears Linda (as Hazel Spear) | Linda (as Hazel Spear) |
| DDonovan Womack Jesse Amos | Jesse Amos |
| FFloyd 'Wildcat' Chatman Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman) | Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman) |
 Chuck MitchellLieutenant Arnsworth | Lieutenant Arnsworth |
 Gloria DelaneyPeaches | Peaches |
| WWilbur 'Hi-Fi' WhiteSweet Pea | Sweet Pea |
 Badja Djola'Half Dead' Johnson | 'Half Dead' Johnson |
| CCepheus Jaxon Poindexter | Poindexter |
| DDwaine Fobbs Lying Latney Winborn | Lying Latney Winborn |
| EErnest Wilson Cheese | Cheese |
| WWill Richardson Magilla Gorilla | Magilla Gorilla |
| EElijah Mitchell Nut #1 | Nut #1 |
| TTony Andrea Mook | Mook |