Penitentiary (1979)
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.

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Leon Isaac Kennedy Leon Isaac Kennedy As: Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Thommy Pollard Thommy Pollard As: Eugene T. Lawson
Hazel Spears Hazel Spears As: Linda (as Hazel Spear)
Donovan Womack Donovan Womack As: Jesse Amos
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman As: Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
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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.


Tagline: There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!
Certification: R

Details

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Language: English

Release Date: 01 December 1979

Country: US

Runtime: 99m

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Leon Isaac Kennedy

Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

Thommy Pollard

Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

Hazel Spears

Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)

Donovan Womack

Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

Chuck Mitchell

Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney

Gloria Delaney

Peaches

Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Badja Djola

Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

Cepheus Jaxon

Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

Dwaine Fobbs

Dwaine Fobbs

Lying Latney Winborn

Ernest Wilson

Ernest Wilson

Cheese

Will Richardson

Will Richardson

Magilla Gorilla

Elijah Mitchell

Elijah Mitchell

Nut #1

Tony Andrea

Tony Andrea

Mook

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Marty Ollstein

Marty Ollstein

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