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Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage. - Stir Crazy
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Title: Stir Crazy

Release Date: 12 Dec 1980

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.5 (436 votes)

Cast

  • Skip Donahue: Gene Wilder
  • Harry Monroe: Richard Pryor
  • Rory Schultebrand: Georg Stanford Brown
  • Meredith: JoBeth Williams
  • Jesus Ramirez: Miguel Ángel Suárez
  • Deputy Ward Wilson: Craig T. Nelson
  • Warden Walter Beatty: Barry Corbin
  • Blade: Charles Weldon
  • Warden Henry Sampson: Nicolas Coster
  • Len Garber: Joel Brooks
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