Stir Crazy

Dec 12, 1980

1h 51m

★ 6.5

Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.

Overview

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Stir Crazy Trailers

Cast

Skip Donahue

Gene Wilder

Harry Monroe

Richard Pryor

Rory Schultebrand

Georg Stanford Brown

Meredith

JoBeth Williams

Jesus Ramirez

Miguel Ángel Suárez

Deputy Ward Wilson

Craig T. Nelson

Warden Walter Beatty

Barry Corbin

Blade

Charles Weldon

Warden Henry Sampson

Nicolas Coster

Len Garber

Joel Brooks

Jack Graham

Jonathan Banks

Grossberger

Erland van Lidth

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