Stir Crazy (1980)

12/12/1980 (US) • 1h 51m

Comedy, Crime

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.

Top Billed Cast

Gene Wilder

Skip Donahue

Richard Pryor

Harry Monroe

Georg Stanford Brown

Rory Schultebrand

Craig T. Nelson

Deputy Ward Wilson

Barry Corbin

Warden Walter Beatty

Nicolas Coster

Warden Henry Sampson


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

$101,300,000.00

Keywords

mistaken identity

prison escape

fish out of water

wrongful imprisonment

buddy

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