Movie
Stir Crazy
Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Stir Crazy
Cast
Gene WilderSkip Donahue
Richard PryorHarry Monroe
Georg Stanford BrownRory Schultebrand
JoBeth WilliamsMeredith
Miguel Ángel SuárezJesus Ramirez
Craig T. NelsonDeputy Ward Wilson
Barry CorbinWarden Walter Beatty
Charles WeldonBladeCredits
- Directed by
- Sidney Poitier
- Written by
- Bruce Jay Friedman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $101.3M
Production
Columbia PicturesUnited States
