PENITENTIARY [BLU-RAY] [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: Leon Isaac Kennedy stars as Martel Gordone who, after unwittingly getting involved with a prostitute and attempting to save her from being assaulted by a John, which turns deadly, finds himself charged with a murder he didn't commit. Locked up in the state penitentiary, Martel is forced to fend for himself among hardened criminals, until he's introduced to the underground and lucrative world of in-prison boxing.; ; Director Jamaa Fanaka's breakout action hit, PENITENTIARY, remains one of the seminal late period 'Blaxploitation' films. Gritty, violent, and maddeningly entertaining, Vinegar Syndrome presents the Blu-ray debut of this genre film classic, newly restored in 4k from its original 35mm camera negative and filled with both all new and archival interviews with its cast and crew.
• Cast: Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Hazel Spears, Donovan Womack, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman, Gloria Delaney, Badja Djola, Chuck Mitchell, Cepheus Jaxon, Dwaine Fobbs, Ernest Wilson, Will Richardson, Elijah Mitchell, Tony Andrea, Darrell Keith Harris, Lonnie Kirtz, Ray Wolfe, Charles Young, Ellsworth Harrell, Cornelius Desha, Michael Melvin, Steve Eddy, Irene Stokes, Bill Phillips Murry, Teri Hayden, Herman Cole, Carl Irwin, Irving Parham, Warren Bryant, Lorrie Marlow, Thomas Earl Stiratt, Jamaa Fanaka, Joaquin Leal, David Carter, Hassan Abdul-Ali, Marcus Gutierrez, Zee Howard, Gwynn Pineda, Ann Hutcherson, Cardella Di Milo, Beverly Wallace, Onia Fenee, Deloris Figueroa, Zeola Gaye, Jackie Shaw, Brenda Joy Griffin, Reneé Armanlin, Sarah Jaxon, Barbara Torres, Irene Terrell, Lisa Visco, Shelli Hughes, Tony Rapisarda, Casey J. Littlejohn, Edgardo Williams, Tyrone S.B. Thompson, Sam Olden, Roderic Williams, Dominic Giusto, William Bey, Shawn Davis, Johnny Jones, Robert Wayne Cornelius, Quitman Gates, Ian Foxx
• Director: Jamaa Fanaka
• Runtime: 1:39
• Company: Vinegar Syndrome
• Media Format: Movie