Movie Description
Penitentiary
(1979)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jamaa Fanaka
- Producer : Jamaa Fanaka
- Writer : Jamaa Fanaka
- Editor : Betsy Blankett Milicevic
- Cast : Leon Isaac Kennedy,Thommy Pollard ,Hazel Spears ,Donovan Womack ,Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman ,Chuck Mitchell,Gloria Delaney,Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White,Badja Djola,Cepheus Jaxon ,Dwaine Fobbs ,Ernest Wilson ,Will Richardson ,Elijah Mitchell ,Tony Andrea
Cast
Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Eugene T. Lawson
Linda (as Hazel Spear)
Jesse Amos
Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Lieutenant Arnsworth
Peaches
Sweet Pea
'Half Dead' Johnson
Poindexter
Lying Latney Winborn
Cheese
Magilla Gorilla
Nut #1
Mook
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Facts
Original TitlePenitentiary
Status Released
Release Information
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1979-12-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 39m
Genres
- Action
- Drama
- Crime
