Basic Info
Release: December 01, 1979
Runtime: 99 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.1/10 (27 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
1979 Theatrical Trailer (YouTube)
Penitentiary
1979
99 min
⭐ 5.1/10
27 votes
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.
Genres
Action
Drama
Crime
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
Flatrate
fuboTV
Flatrate
ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
Flatrate
ScreenPix Amazon Channel
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)
Chuck Mitchell
Lieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria Delaney
Peaches
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Sweet Pea
Badja Djola
'Half Dead' Johnson
Cepheus Jaxon
Poindexter
Dwaine Fobbs
Lying Latney Winborn
Ernest Wilson
Cheese
Crew
Jamaa Fanaka
Director
Jamaa Fanaka
Writer
Jamaa Fanaka
Producer
Backdrops
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