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Stir Crazy

Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.

1980 · R · 1h 51m

Directed by Sidney Poitier

6.5

TMDB audience score
504 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Gene Wilder
    Skip Donahue

  • Richard Pryor
    Harry Monroe

  • Georg Stanford Brown
    Rory Schultebrand

  • JoBeth Williams
    Meredith

  • Miguel Ángel Suárez
    Jesus Ramirez

  • Craig T. Nelson
    Deputy Ward Wilson

  • Barry Corbin
    Warden Walter Beatty

  • Charles Weldon
    Blade

  • Nicolas Coster
    Warden Henry Sampson

  • Joel Brooks
    Len Garber

  • Jonathan Banks
    Jack Graham

  • Erland van Lidth
    Grossberger

  • Lewis van Bergen
    Guard #1

  • Karmin Murcelo
    Teresa Ramirez

  • Franklyn Ajaye
    Young Man in Hospital

  • Estelle Omens
    Mrs. R.H. Broache

  • Peter Looney
    Kicker #1

  • Cedrick Hardman
    Big Mean