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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 12, 1980
Box Office
$101.3M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
10.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 29, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Quotes
See all →Humorous Threats in a Comedic Context
Blade
He'll snot on ya, he'll fart on ya... He'll do anything he can to smash your brains out.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cell Upgrade Request in Stir Crazy
Skip Donahue
I want a bigger cell! With better ventilation!
Deputy Ward Wilson
Why? Grossberger been farin on ya?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →G
Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue
R
Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe
G
Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand
J
JoBeth Williams
Meredith
M
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez
C
Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Ward Wilson
B
Barry Corbin
Warden Walter Beatty
C
Charles Weldon
Blade
N
Nicolas Coster
Warden Henry Sampson
J
Joel Brooks
Len Garber
J
Jonathan Banks
Jack Graham
E
Erland van Lidth
Grossberger
L
Lewis van Bergen
Guard #1
K
Karmin Murcelo
Teresa Ramirez
F
Franklyn Ajaye
Young Man in Hospital
E
Estelle Omens
Mrs. R.H. Broache
P
Peter Looney
Kicker #1
D
Doug Johnson
Guard #2
H
Henry Kingi
Ramon
H
Herman Poppe
Alex
