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Stir Crazy(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-12-12
65%
483 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $10,000,000.00
Revenue: $101,300,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Stir Crazy
Top 10 Billed 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
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