Action ·Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1979 · 1h 39m

Penitentiary

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Director
Jamaa Fanaka
Cast
Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone Thommy Pollard as Eugene T. Lawson Hazel Spears as Linda (as Hazel Spear) Donovan Womack as Jesse Amos Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman as Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman) Chuck Mitchell as Lieutenant Arnsworth
Crew
Marty Ollstein — Director of Photography Betsy Blankett Milicevic — Editor Jamaa Fanaka — Writer Jamaa Fanaka — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Penitentiary — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
prisonboxingl.a. rebelliongay theme
Key Collaborators
Jamaa Fanaka Director Marty Ollstein Director of Photography Betsy Blankett Milicevic Editor Jamaa Fanaka Writer Jamaa Fanaka Producer
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