Penitentiary II is a 1982 American blaxploitation drama film directed by Jamaa Fanaka. Released on April 2, 1982, the film is the sequel to 1979's Penitentiary. It was followed by another sequel, Penitentiary III, which was released in August 1987.
Plot Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone earned his parole from jail by winning a prison boxing tournament. All Too Sweet wants to do is start a peaceful life, but a condition of his release is that he work for a boxing promoter. Too Sweet has no interest in boxing and wants to live with his sister and her husband who support his desire to start over. However, when an old enemy from prison, Half Dead, escapes and kills his girlfriend, Too Sweet changes his plans and returns to the ring.
Cast Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone Eugenia Wright as Clarisse Glynn Turman as Charles Johnson Mr. T as Himself Archie Moore as Himself Ernie Hudson as "Half-Dead" Johnson Peggy Blow as Ellen Johnson Sephton Moody as Charles Johnson Jr. Donovan Womack as Jesse "The Bull" Amos Malik Carter as Hezzikia "Seldom Seems" Jackson Stan Kamber as Sam Cunningham Cepheus Jaxon as "Do Dirty" Marvin Jones as "Simp" Ebony Wright as "Sugar" Renn Woods as Nikki Lyrica Garrett as Evelyn Gerald Berns as Beau Flynn, Light Heavyweight Champion Tony Cox as "Midget" Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White as "Hi-Fi" Warren Bryant as "Ms. Thing" Alfred Mariorenzi as The Warden Dennis Lipscomb as Announcer Hawthorne James as 1st Referee Allan Graf as 2nd Referee
See also List of boxing films List of hood films
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