Film

Stir Crazy

1980 · 1h 51m · Comedy · Crime

Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

69%

Metacritic

56

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.

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

• Sidney PoitierDirector
• Bruce Jay FriedmanWriter
• Hannah WeinsteinProducer
• Melville TuckerExecutive Producer
• Fred SchulerDirector of Photography
• Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
• Harry KellerEditor
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

December 12, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$101,300,000

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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