MOVIE
Penitentiary
“There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!”
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.
Release / first air1979-12-01
Original languageEN
GenresAction, Drama, Crime
DirectorJamaa Fanaka
WriterJamaa Fanaka
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionNot available
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Leon Isaac KennedyMartel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Thommy Pollard Eugene T. LawsonHazel Spears Linda (as Hazel Spear)Donovan Womack Jesse AmosFloyd 'Wildcat' Chatman Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck MitchellLieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria DelaneyPeachesWilbur 'Hi-Fi' WhiteSweet Pea
Badja Djola'Half Dead' JohnsonCepheus Jaxon PoindexterPart of the Collection
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