

MovieComedyCrime
Stir Crazy
Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
6.5(503)19801h 51m
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.
- Director
- Sidney Poitier
- Created by
- Melville Tucker
- Writers
- Bruce Jay Friedman
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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
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Crew
Directing
- Sidney PoitierDirector
- Daniel McCauleyFirst Assistant Director
- Don WilkersonSecond Assistant Director
- Ray QuirozScript Supervisor
Writing
- Bruce Jay FriedmanWriter
Production
- Claire MacTagueProduction Coordinator
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
- Hannah WeinsteinProducer
- François De MenilAssociate Producer
- Melville TuckerExecutive Producer
- Ronald L. CarrLocation Manager
Camera
- Dennis SmithCamera Operator
- Joe R. Marquette Jr.Camera Operator
- Dustin BlauveltFirst Assistant Camera
- Robert MooreKey Grip
- Fred SchulerDirector of Photography
- Sidney Ray BaldwinStill Photographer
Editing
- Harry KellerEditor
Sound
- Glenn E. AndersonSound
- Wayne ArtmanSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Tom BeckertSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Michael JironSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Cliff KohlweckMusic Editor
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Donald B. NunleyProperty Master
- Harold BronerConstruction Coordinator
- Alfred SweeneyProduction Design
- Arthur Jeph ParkerSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Richard CobosMakeup Artist
- Lola KempHairstylist
- Patricia EdwardsCostume Design
Crew
- Mickey GilbertStunt Coordinator
- Larry L. FuentesSpecial Effects
Lighting
- Richard MartensGaffer