Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

111 mins | Comedy | Dec. 12, 1980

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.

Stir Crazy

111 mins | Comedy | Dec. 12, 1980

Stir Crazy
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Stir Crazy
Directors Don Wilkerson, Ray Quiroz, Daniel McCauley, Sidney Poitier
Writers Bruce Jay Friedman

Cast

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

Jonathan Banks

as Jack Graham

Erland van Lidth

as Grossberger

Lewis Van Bergen

as Guard #1

Karmin Murcelo

as Teresa Ramirez

Franklyn Ajaye

as Young Man in Hospital

Estelle Omens

as Mrs. R.H. Broache

Peter Looney

as Kicker #1

Cedrick Hardman

as Big Mean

Doug Johnson

as Guard #2

Henry Kingi

as Ramon

Joe Massengale

as Caesar Geronimo

Herman Poppe

as Alex

Luis Ávalos

as Chico

Esther Sutherland

as Sissie

Pamela Poitier

as Cook's Helper

James Oscar Lee

as Kicker #2

Rod McCary

as Minister

Claudia Cron

as Joy

Bill Bailey

as Announcer

Donna Kei Benz

as Nancy

Grand L. Bush

as Big Mean's Sidekick

Alvin Ing

as Korean Doctor

Thomas Moore

as Judge

Danna Hansen

as Mrs. Sampson

Gwen Van Dam

as Mrs. Beatty

Herb Armstrong

as County Jail Guard

Herbert Hirschman

as Man at Dinner Party

Don Circle

as Bank Teller

Madison Arnold

as Guard #3

Gene Earl

as Sheriff

Mickey Jones

as Guard #8

Tracy Lee Rowe

as Little Girl

Essex Smith

as Blade's Friend

Kenneth Menard

as Repairman

Billy Beck

as Flycatching Prisoner

Lee Purcell

as Susan

Rush Adams

as Deputy (uncredited)

Rocky Beach

as Prisoner (uncredited)

Tony Burton

as Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle

as Spectator (uncredited)

Jim Henry

as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Drasha Meyer

as Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)

Cliff Owens

as Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)

Erik Owens

as Inmate's Son (uncredited)

Scott Perry

as Prisoner (uncredited)

John Richard Petersen

as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Stan Rodarte

as Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)

Al Silvani

as Inmate (uncredited)

Earl W. Smith

as Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)

Brien Varady

as Inmate (uncredited)