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5.3/10 • 26

1979-12-01 • 1h 39m

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There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

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.

Directors
Jamaa Fanaka
Writters
Jamaa Fanaka
Editors
Jamaa Fanaka, Betsy Blankett Milicevic

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  1. Leon Isaac Kennedy

    Leon Isaac Kennedy

    Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

  2. Thommy Pollard

    Thommy Pollard

    Eugene T. Lawson

  3. Hazel Spears

    Hazel Spears

    Linda (as Hazel Spear)

  4. Donovan Womack

    Donovan Womack

    Jesse Amos

  5. Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

    Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

    Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson (as Floyd Chatman)

  6. Chuck Mitchell

    Chuck Mitchell

    Lieutenant Arnsworth

  7. Gloria Delaney

    Gloria Delaney

    Peaches

  8. Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

    Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

    Sweet Pea

  9. Badja Djola

    Badja Djola

    'Half Dead' Johnson

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
prisonboxingl.a. rebelliongay theme