Stir Crazy (1980)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $10,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $101,300,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 13.528 |
Directed By
Sidney Poitier
Crew
Sidney Poitier
Dennis Smith
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Donald B. Nunley
Dustin Blauvelt
Wayne Artman
Tom Beckert
Cliff Kohlweck
Harold Broner
Richard Cobos
Claire MacTague
Richard Martens
Mickey Gilbert
Glenn E. Anderson
Larry L. Fuentes
Don Wilkerson
Michael Jiron
Daniel McCauley
Lola Kemp
Robert Moore
Bruce Jay Friedman
Tom Scott
Harry Keller
François De Menil
Lynn Stalmaster
Sidney Ray Baldwin
Patricia Edwards
Hannah Weinstein
Alfred Sweeney
Arthur Jeph Parker
Fred Schuler
Ray Quiroz
Melville Tucker
Ronald L. Carr
TOP 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
Doug Johnson
Guard #2
Henry Kingi
Ramon
Joe Massengale
Caesar Geronimo
Herman Poppe
Alex
Luis Ávalos
Chico
Esther Sutherland
Sissie
Pamela Poitier
Cook's Helper
James Oscar Lee
Kicker #2
Rod McCary
Minister
Claudia Cron
Joy
Bill Bailey
Announcer
Donna Kei Benz
Nancy
Grand L. Bush
Big Mean's Sidekick
Alvin Ing
Korean Doctor
Thomas Moore
Judge
Danna Hansen
Mrs. Sampson
Gwen Van Dam
Mrs. Beatty
Herb Armstrong
County Jail Guard
Herbert Hirschman
Man at Dinner Party
Don Circle
Bank Teller
Madison Arnold
Guard #3
Gene Earl
Sheriff
Mickey Jones
Guard #8
Tracy Lee Rowe
Little Girl
Essex Smith
Blade's Friend
Kenneth Menard
Repairman
Billy Beck
Flycatching Prisoner
Lee Purcell
Susan
Rush Adams
Deputy (uncredited)
Rocky Beach
Prisoner (uncredited)
Tony Burton
Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Spectator (uncredited)
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