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Penitentiary

MOVIE • 1979

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.

TMDB ★ 2.6/5Votes: 29
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Top Cast

Leon Isaac Kennedy

Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

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Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

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Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)

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Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

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Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

Chuck Mitchell

Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney

Gloria Delaney

Peaches

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Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Badja Djola

Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

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Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

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Dwaine Fobbs

Lying Latney Winborn

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Ernest Wilson

Cheese

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Will Richardson

Magilla Gorilla

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Elijah Mitchell

Nut #1

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Status

Released

Release

December 1, 1979

Runtime

99 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

N/A

Revenue

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