Movie 1979 1h 39m
Penitentiary
- 5.3/1028 votes · TMDB
- On 1 service in Canada
There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!
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Checked October 11, 2026
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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.
Cast
Leon Isaac KennedyMartel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Thommy PollardEugene T. Lawson- Hazel SpearsLinda (as Hazel Spear)
- Donovan WomackJesse Amos
- Floyd 'Wildcat' ChatmanHezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck MitchellLieutenant Arnsworth
Gloria DelaneyPeaches- Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' WhiteSweet Pea
Badja Djola'Half Dead' Johnson- Cepheus JaxonPoindexter
- Dwaine FobbsLying Latney Winborn
- Ernest WilsonCheese
- Will RichardsonMagilla Gorilla
- Elijah MitchellNut #1
- Tony AndreaMook
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