Stir Crazy
Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
1980 · 1h 51m · R
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Sidney Poitier
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Stir Crazy
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.
Director and cast
- Sidney Poitier Director
- Gene Wilder as Skip Donahue
- Richard Pryor as Harry Monroe
- Georg Stanford Brown as Rory Schultebrand
- JoBeth Williams as Meredith
- Miguel Ángel Suárez as Jesus Ramirez
- Craig T. Nelson as Deputy Ward Wilson
- Barry Corbin as Warden Walter Beatty
- Charles Weldon as Blade
- Nicolas Coster as Warden Henry Sampson
- Joel Brooks as Len Garber
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