

Stir Crazy
1980-12-12 · 111 min · ★ 6.5
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.
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- Directors
- Sidney Poitier
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 10,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 101,300,000
Top Cast
Gene WilderSkip Donahue
Richard PryorHarry Monroe
Georg Stanford BrownRory Schultebrand
JoBeth WilliamsMeredith
Miguel Ángel SuárezJesus Ramirez
Craig T. NelsonDeputy Ward Wilson
Barry CorbinWarden Walter Beatty
Charles WeldonBlade
Nicolas CosterWarden Henry Sampson
Joel BrooksLen Garber
Jonathan BanksJack Graham
Erland van LidthGrossberger
Lewis van BergenGuard #1
Karmin MurceloTeresa Ramirez
Franklyn AjayeYoung Man in Hospital
Peter LooneyKicker #1
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