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December 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
All that stands between him and freedom is the ring. moreNewsDesk:
Penitentiary Comes To UK DVD 09 March 2009(From LateFilmFull. 11 February 2009, 7:10 AM, PST)
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Passionate and very intense cinema experience moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leon Isaac Kennedy | ... | Martel 'Too Sweet' Cordone |
 | Thommy Pollard | ... | Eugene T. Lawson |
| Hazel Spears | ... | Linda (as Hazel Spear) |
| Donovan Womack | ... | Jesse Amos |
| Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman | ... | Seldon Seen Jackson |
| Gloria Delaney | ... | Peaches |
| Ian Foxx | ... | Pretty Red |
| Badja Djola | ... | 'Half Dead' Johnson |
| Chuck Mitchell | ... | Lieutenant Arnsworth |
| Cepheus Jaxon | ... | Poindexter |
| Dwaine Fobbs | ... | Lying Latney Winborn |
| Ernest Wilson | ... | Cheese |
| Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White | ... | Sweet Pea |
| Will Richardson | ... | Magilla Gorilla |
| Elijah Mitchell | ... | Nut #1 |
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Australia:MA (2007) | UK:18 | UK:15 (DVD re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2009) | Norway:18 | USA:RFun Stuff
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I read in an article that "Penitentiary" is one of John Singelton's favorite films. I can see why. It is an film that is kind of like an "acquired taste". It has its own audience. Hard-hitting, intense, and memorable, with some very well done casting, especially bad-man Badja Djola as "Half Dead". The musical score takes great risks that ultimately pay off. There is one part during the terrific fight scene between Too-Sweet and Half-Dead where there is no score, just screeching. Another interesting point, in Penitentiary 2, Ernie Hudson is just as good as Half-Dead's replacement.