Movie197999 minReleasedUS R

Penitentiary

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

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.

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Scope

99 min

Total runtime

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Cast

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Featured 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

#10

Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

#11

Dwaine Fobbs

Lying Latney Winborn

#12

Ernest Wilson

Cheese

Crew

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Jamaa Fanaka

Director

Directing

Jamaa Fanaka

Writer

Writing

Jamaa Fanaka

Producer

Production

Marty Ollstein

Director of Photography

Camera

Betsy Blankett Milicevic

Editor

Editing

Richard Epper

Stunts

Crew

William Anderson

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1979 Theatrical Trailer

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TMDB Score

5.3

from 28 ratings

Certification

US R

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