Stir Crazy poster
Director Sidney Poitier
Writer Bruce Jay Friedman

Stir Crazy

Comedy1980

Tagline: Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.

Release Date: 1980-12-12

Duration: 111 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Jonathan Banks
    Jack Graham
  • Craig T. Nelson
    Deputy Ward Wilson
  • JoBeth Williams
    Meredith
  • Barry Corbin
    Warden Walter Beatty
  • Richard Pryor
    Harry Monroe
  • Gene Wilder
    Skip Donahue
  • Grand L. Bush
    Big Mean's Sidekick
  • Nicolas Coster
    Warden Henry Sampson
  • John Richard Petersen
    Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
  • Madison Arnold
    Guard #3