Penitentiary (1979)
1h 39m
Running Time
December 1, 1979Release Date

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Leon Isaac Kennedy
Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

Thommy Pollard
Eugene T. Lawson

Hazel Spears
Linda (as Hazel Spear)

Donovan Womack
Jesse Amos

Thomas M. Pollard
Eugene T. Lawson

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

Will Richardson
Magilla Gorilla

Elijah Mitchell
Nut #1

William Anderson
Composer
Media.



Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
prison
boxing
l.a. rebellion
gay theme
Wiki.
Penitentiary is a 1979 American blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Jamaa Fanaka, and starring Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone, a man who deals with his wrongful imprisonment as a black youth. The film was released on November 21, 1979.
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