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Penitentiary (1979)

There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

Genre : Action, Drama, Crime

Runtime : 1H 39M

Director : Jamaa Fanaka

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Sweet Pea
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)
Gloria Delaney
Gloria Delaney
Peaches
Badja Djola
Badja Djola
'Half Dead' Johnson
Chuck Mitchell
Chuck Mitchell
Lieutenant Arnsworth
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

Crews

Jamaa Fanaka
Jamaa Fanaka
Director
Jamaa Fanaka
Jamaa Fanaka
Writer
Jamaa Fanaka
Jamaa Fanaka
Producer
Marty Ollstein
Marty Ollstein
Director of Photography
Betsy Blankett Milicevic
Betsy Blankett Milicevic
Editor

Trailers and other movies

1979 Theatrical Trailer

Posters and backgrounds

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