Penitentiary

Name: Penitentiary
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-12-01
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

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1979 · 99 min · R · Action · Drama · Crime · TMDB 5.3/10

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.

Directed by Jamaa Fanaka

Cast

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