Penitentiary
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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Penitentiary:

Leon Isaac Kennedy
Thommy Pollard
Hazel Spears
Donovan Womack
Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman
Chuck Mitchell

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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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User Review - 10/10 by Nick RIt's time to celebrate! Break out the Mr. Goodbar! Goodbar! You promised me a Goodbar! I'm gonna get that Goodbar!
User Review - 10/10 by Private UA 1970s low budget film about prison. There are attempted rapes and cell fights galore. The protagonist "Too Sweet," tries to win his freedom by becoming the best damn boxer in prison!
User Review - 10/10 by Liam CAs a second wave of blaxploitation flicks that emerge out of the 1970's,the movie Penitentiary is still bedeviled by the uncomfortable contradictions of its macho forebearers,which made it a huge boxoffice hit when it was released in 1979. It's basically the servicable yarn of a young stranger on a bum rap,sentenced to an institutional hell-hole,and eventually bucking the terror regime with two righteous fists. And daubed onto the screen with the vitality of all around excess,teetering craziliy between heavy amounts of gore,rough language and all outright farce. But its assumptions for the better of its sake,either worked beyond the comprehendsion of some of its scenes which were very honest and sometimes brutal. This was a grand film that looked into the life of a penal institional system as seen through the eyes of his character,played by Leon Issac Kennedy. Another example of black cinema that was still standing at the end of the decade with some of the most replusive stereotyping ever imagine while the audience cheers on the victor who must fight in a system to stay alive at all costs. Done on a low budget,it was consciousness. A sequel followed in 1982 with Leon Issac Kennedy reprising the role. Another sequel followed in 1987 with Leon Issac Kennedy again reprising the role that made him successful in the first two installments.
User Review - 8/10 by Zach PI never knew a movie about prison boxing and anal rape could be so exploitive yet actually in the end really smart and really good.
User Review - 6/10 by Stu Avery good film about prision boxing. Pretty underrated film.
User Review - 6/10 by Michael WTough, intense prison film with Kennedy finding salvation (and survival) on the inmate boxing squad after railroaded by being in wrong place at wrong time. Rare to see a prison film where the warden and guards are not entirely corrupt.
User Review - 6/10 by Shawn WKnockout results are nearly achieved in this Blaxploitation film about a new inmate whose participation in the prison boxing league leads to parole. Helped by a good lead in Leon Isaac Kennedy. "Too Sweet" may need to work on his nickname but not his right cross.
User Review - 6/10 by Cee HKnockout results are nearly achieved in this Blaxploitation film about a new inmate whose participation in the prison boxing league leads to parole. Helped by a good lead in Leon Isaac Kennedy. "Too Sweet" may need to work on his nickname but not his right cross.
User Review - 6/10 by Allan CLeon Isaac Kennedy is sent to prison after accidentally killing a biker in a fight protecting a prostitute. Once in jail he then has to fight to survive and his fights catch the eye of a guard who runs an illegal boxing tournament where the winner can win an early release. This film is kind of set apart from other blaxploitation films because I think writer/director Jamaa Fanaka brings a level of grit and genuine character development to the story that elevates the film above mere exploitation. It's a smart script that has some interesting politics beyond simply about "the man" holding people down. Fanaka alludes to the history of slavery and smartly uses the prison setting to strong metaphorical effect. However, at the same time, the fight scenes are nothing compared to "Raging Bull" and in terms of straight up entertainment value has nothing on Walter Hill's boxing prison drama "Undefeated." Still, this film is a something of a unique blaxploitation film and certainly worth checking out for fans of the genre. On a side note, I spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out where I'd seen the prison guard to organizes the illegal fights, Chuck Mitchell, but finally had to look up that he was Porky in the Porky's films.
User Review - 6/10 by delysid di watched this but i didnt really understand what was going on because i wasnt paying attention.

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