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Penitentiary

Penitentiary (1979)

Drama | 99 minutes
2,79 17 votes

Genre: Drama / Crime

Duration: 99 minuten

Alternative title: Jamaa Fanaka's Penitentiary

Country: United States

Directed by: Jamaa Fanaka

Stars: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Badja Djola and Gloria Delaney

IMDb score: 5,7 (1.414)

Releasedate: 1 December 1979

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Penitentiary plot

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

A professional boxer has to serve a sentence for a crime he did not commit. In the prison, boxing matches are organized between a team sponsored by the guards and a gangster boss's team. Too Sweet (Kennedy) refuses to fight, but after the death of a friend, he has little choice.

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Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Leon Isaac Kennedy Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

Thommy Pollard Thommy Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

Hazel Spears Hazel Spears

Linda (as Hazel Spear)

Donovan Womack Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

Gloria Delaney Gloria Delaney

Peaches

Badja Djola Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

Chuck Mitchell Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Cepheus Jaxon Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

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