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Penitentiary

Penitentiary

# There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!
Action   Drama   Crime
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1979-12-01
⌚ Running Time: 99 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.2

Beloved Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy original image
Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Thommy Pollard original image
Eugene T. Lawson
Thommy Pollard
Hazel Spears original image
Linda (as Hazel Spear)
Hazel Spears
Donovan Womack original image
Jesse Amos
Donovan Womack
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman original image
Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
Chuck Mitchell original image
Lieutenant Arnsworth
Chuck Mitchell
Gloria Delaney original image
Peaches
Gloria Delaney
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White original image
Sweet Pea
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Badja Djola original image
'Half Dead' Johnson
Badja Djola
Cepheus Jaxon original image
Poindexter
Cepheus Jaxon
Dwaine Fobbs original image
Lying Latney Winborn
Dwaine Fobbs
Ernest Wilson original image
Cheese
Ernest Wilson
Will Richardson original image
Magilla Gorilla
Will Richardson
Elijah Mitchell original image
Nut #1
Elijah Mitchell
Tony Andrea original image
Mook
Tony Andrea

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