Penitentiary(1979)

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.

Genre: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Jamaa Fanaka

Actors: Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thomas M. Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman, Gloria Delaney, Badja Djola, Chuck Mitchell, Cepheus Jaxon

Release date: 1979-12-01

Country of origin: United States of America

Length: 1h 39m

Ratings:

• 5.7/10