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Penitentiary

19791h 39m5.3/ 10 · TMDB · 28 votes
ActionDramaCrime

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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Directed by Jamaa Fanaka

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Leon Isaac Kennedy
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
Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Gloria Delaney
Gloria Delaney

Peaches

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Last checked 9 Oct 2026.

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Film details

Released1 Dec 1979
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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