Penitentiary
There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!
1979 · 1h 39m · R
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Jamaa Fanaka
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jamaa Fanaka Director
- Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
- Thommy Pollard as Eugene T. Lawson
- Hazel Spears as Linda (as Hazel Spear)
- Donovan Womack as Jesse Amos
- Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman as Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
- Chuck Mitchell as Lieutenant Arnsworth
- Gloria Delaney as Peaches
- Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White as Sweet Pea
- Badja Djola as 'Half Dead' Johnson
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