Penitentiary (1979)
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.
Rated
R
Year
1979
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
1 December 1979
TMDB
5.3 (28)
CineVerse
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Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
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
W
Will Richardson
Magilla Gorilla
E
Elijah Mitchell
Nut #1
T
Tony Andrea
Mook
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