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Penitentiary: Full Cast & Crew 1979 Drama
Hitchhiker Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone gets a lift from prostitute Linda in her van and travels with her to meet her clients. After a fight breaks out with the men, Gordone is knocked unconscious and awakens to find he has been wrongly charged with murder. As a way to protect himself in prison, Gordone starts fighting other inmates. This leads him to discover an underground boxing tournament, with the top prize being a prison release. R Released: Nov 21, 1979 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Jamaa Fanaka Director, Screenwriter, Producer Leon Isaac Kennedy Martel `'Too Sweet'` Gordone Actor Thommy Pollard Eugene T. Lawson Actor Hazel Spears Linda Actor Badja Djola `'Half Dead'` Johnson Actor Gloria Delaney Peaches Actor Chuck Mitchell Lieutenant Arnsworth Actor Ernest Wilson Cheese Actor Will Richardson Magilla Gorilla Actor Robert L Gordon Sr. Executive Producer Robert Edelen Executive Producer Beatrice Gordon Sr. Executive Producer Marty Ollstein Cinematographer Betsy Blankett Film Editing William Anderson Original Music Andre Douglas Original Music Frankie Gaye Original Music Adel Mazen Art Director