Penitentiary (1979)
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 (1.379)
Releasedate: 1 December 1979
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
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.
Actors and actresses
Sweet Pea
Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Eugene T. Lawson
Linda (as Hazel Spear)
Jesse Amos
Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)
Peaches
'Half Dead' Johnson
Lieutenant Arnsworth
Poindexter
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