Penitentiary Filming Locations

Penitentiary filming locations

Where was Penitentiary filmed? Penitentiary was filmed in 3 locations across United States in the following places:

Penitentiary Filming Locations

Royce Hall - 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA ( exteriors, prison yard )

Escondido Canyon Road and Red Rover Mine Road, Acton, California, USA ( red van passes this intersection during opening credits )
Penitentiary (1979)
Runtime: 99 minutes
Rating: 5.7
Release year: 1979
IMDB: tt0079709
Plot summary

A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.

Genres
Crime
Drama
Sport
Cast
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Thomas M. Pollard
Hazel Spears
Directors
Jamaa Fanaka
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Penitentiary filming locations