“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.
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Donovan Womack
Jesse Amos
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Chuck Mitchell
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Will Richardson
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Penitentiary released in 1979. Moviely hosts cinematic wallpapers captured from the movie's official backdrop imagery.
Penitentiary is categorized as Action, Drama, Crime.
Jamaa Fanaka directed Penitentiary.
Penitentiary stars Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard , Hazel Spears , Donovan Womack , Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman , and more.
Penitentiary has a runtime of 1h 39min.
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