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Penitentiary II

Penitentiary II (1982)Cast and Crew

Movie"He's too fast...too quick...and two fisted — He's "Too Sweet" and he's back for revenge!"

Cast

L
Leon Isaac Kennedy
as Too Sweet
G
Glynn Turman
as Charles Johnson
E
Ernie Hudson
as Half Dead
M
Mr. T
as Himself
P
Peggy Blow
as Ellen
S
Sephton Moody
as Charles Jr.
D
Donovan Womack
as Jesse 'The Bull' Amos
M
Malik Carter
as Seldom Seen
S
Stan Kamber
as Sam
C
Cepheus Jaxon
as Do Dirty
M
Marvin Jones
as Simp
E
Ebony Wright
as Sugar
E
Eugenia Wright
as Clarisse
R
Ren Woods
as Nikki
D
Dennis Lipscomb
as Announcer
G
Gerald Berns
as Beau Flynn - Lt. Heavywt. World Champ
T
Tony Cox
as Midget
W
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
as Hi Fi
R
Rudy Ray Moore
as Husband
A
Archie Moore
as Himself
H
Hawthorne James
as Referee

Crew

J
Jamaa Fanaka
Director
J
Jamaa Fanaka
Writer
J
Jamaa Fanaka
Producer
J
Jack Wheaton
Music
S
Stephen L. Posey
Cinematography
J
James E. Nownes
Editor

Penitentiary Collection

Penitentiary is a 1979 American blaxploitation drama film written, produced, and directed by Jamaa Fanaka, and starring Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone, a man who deals with the wrongful imprisonment of a black youth. The film was released on November 21, 1979. The first sequel, Penitentiary II, was released in 1982. It was a direct sequel that followed the exploits of "Too Sweet" Gordone shortly after his release from prison. It was notable for the early casting of Mr. T as Gordone's trainer, Glynn Turman as his brother-in-law, and Ernie Hudson recast in the villainous role of "Half Dead." The second sequel, Penitentiary III, was released in 1987. The plot centers on "Too Sweet" Gordone's time in prison, where he is sent after beating another boxer to death in a performance enhancing drug-fueled fugue state.