Penitentiary (1979) | Full Cast

Jamaa Fanaka

DIRECTOR

Leon Isaac Kennedy

Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone

Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Sweet Pea

Thomas M. Pollard

Eugene T. Lawson

Hazel Spears

Linda

Donovan Womack

Jesse Amos

Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman

Hezzikia 'Seldom Seen' Jackson

Gloria Delaney

Peaches

Badja Djola

'Half Dead' Johnson

Chuck Mitchell

Lieutenant Arnsworth

Cepheus Jaxon

Poindexter

Dwaine Fobbs

Lying Latney Winborn

Ernest Wilson

Cheese

Will Richardson

Magilla Gorilla

Elijah Mitchell

Nut #1

Tony Andrea

Mook

Darrell Keith Harris

Nut #2

Lonnie Kirtz

Nut #3

Ray Wolfe

'A' Block Night Guard

Charles Young

Tough Tony

Ellsworth Harrell

Referee

Cornelius Desha

'Tough Tony' Manager

Michael Melvin

Biker #1

Steve Eddy

Biker #2

Irene Stokes

Female Guard in Male Prison

Bill Phillips Murry

'Rappin' Larry

Teri Hayden

Counter Lady

Herman Cole

Cook

Carl Irwin

Sam Cunningham

Irving Parham

'A' Block Day Guard

Warren Bryant

Gay Boxing Spectator

Lorrie Marlow

2nd Girl in Restroom

Thomas Earl Stiratt

Wolf

Jamaa Fanaka

2nd Male in Restroom

Joaquin Leal

Rubin

David Carter

Male Guard #1

Hassan Abdul-Ali

Male Guard #2

Marcus Gutierrez

Male Guard #3

Zee Howard

Female Lieutenant

Gwynn Pineda

Female Guard #1

Ann Hutcherson

Female Guard #2

Cardella Di Milo

Female Guard #3

Beverly Wallace

Female Guard #4

Onia Fenee

Female Guard #5

Deloris Figueroa

Female Guard #6

Zeola Gaye

Female Inmate #1

Jackie Shaw

Female Inmate #2

Brenda Joy Griffin

Female Inmate #3

Reneé Armanlin

Female Inmate #4

Sarah Jaxon

Female Inmate #5

Barbara Torres

Female Inmate #6

Irene Terrell

Female Inmate #7

Lisa Visco

Female Inmate #8

Shelli Hughes

Female Inmate #9

Tony Rapisarda

Male Inmate #1

Tony Rapisarda

Male Inmate

Casey J. Littlejohn

Male Inmate #2

Edgardo Williams

Male Inmate #3

Tyrone S.B. Thompson

Male Inmate #4

Sam Olden

Male Inmate #5

Roderic Williams

Male Inmate #6

Dominic Giusto

Male Inmate #7

William Bey

Male Inmate #8

Shawn Davis

Male Inmate #9

Johnny Jones

Male Inmate #10

Robert Wayne Cornelius

Male Inmate #11

Quitman Gates

Male Inmate #12

Ian Foxx

Pretty Red