Penitentiary III

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Penitentiary III

1987

1h 31m

5.2(12 votes)

Action

Crime

Drama

Overview

A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.

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14 members

Acting

Leon Isaac Kennedy

Too Sweet

Acting

Anthony Geary

Serenghetti

Acting

Steve Antin

Roscoe

Acting

Rick Zumwalt

Joshua

Acting

Raymond Kessler

Midnight Thud Jessup (as The Haiti Kid)

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Danny Trejo

See Veer

Acting

Jim Bailey

Cleopatra

No Image

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Ric Mancini

Warden

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Ty Randolph

Sugar

Acting

Raye Hollitt

Female Boxer

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Bert Williams

Tim Shoah

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Jack Rader

Fred

Acting

George Payne

Jess

Acting

Drew Bundini Brown

Sugg

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