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Penitentiary III (1987)

Penitentiary III poster
Directed by
Jamaa Fanaka
Genre
action film, prison film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. There he is beaten and tortured, and forced to fight a deadly inmate who is a martial-arts fighter.

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What happens

Penitentiary III is a 1987 American crime drama film written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka. It is the sequel to the 1982 film Penitentiary II. The film stars Leon Isaac Kennedy, Anthony Geary, Steve Antin, Ric Mancini, Marie Burrell Fanaka and Raymond Kessler. The film was released on September 4, 1987, by Cannon Film Distributors. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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