MOVIE

Penitentiary

Name: Penitentiary
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-12-01
Cast: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

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.

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 … + more

Release Date

1979-12-01

Year

1979

Duration

1h 39m

Status

Released

Score

5.10

Genres

Action Drama Crime

#prison#boxing#l.a.-rebellion#gay-theme

Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

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Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

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Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)

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Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

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Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney

Peaches

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Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

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Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter