14 September 2006

Stir Crazy (1980)

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Taglines:

  • Only these two pigeons could dress up as woodpeckers.
  • Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
  • Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor dress up as woodpeckers and get framed for robbing a bank... and when they discover that prison life is for the birds they go... Stir Crazy.
Directed by
Sidney Poitier

Plot Synopsis: Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.

Cast:
Gene Wilder.... Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor.... Harry Monroe
Georg Stanford Brown.... Rory Schultebrand
JoBeth Williams.... Meredith
Miguel Ángel Suárez.... Jesus Ramirez (as Miguelangel Suarez)
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 (as Erland Van Lidth De Jeude)
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 (as Joseph Massengale)
Herman Poppe.... Alex
Luis Avalos.... Chico
Esther Sutherland.... Sissie
Pamela Poitier.... Cook's Helper
James Oscar Lee.... Kicker #2
Rod McCary.... Minister
Claudia Cron.... Joy
Bill Bailey.... Announcer
Donna Kei Benz.... Nancy (as Donna Benz)
Grand L. Bush.... Big Mean's Sidekick (as Grand Bush)
Alvin Ing.... Korean Doctor
Thomas Moore.... Judge
Danna Hansen.... Mrs. Sampson
Gwen Van Dam.... Mrs. Beatty
Herb Armstrong.... County Jail Guard
Herbert Hirschman.... Man at Dinner Party
Don Circle.... Bank Teller
Madison Arnold.... Guard #3
Gene Earl.... Sheriff (as Gene Earle)
Mickey Jones.... Guard #8
Tracy Lee Rowe.... Little Girl
Essex Smith.... Blade's Friend
Kenneth Menard.... Repairman
Billy Beck.... Flycatching Prisoner
Lee Purcell.... Susan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Burton.... Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
Jim Henry.... Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Drasha Meyer.... Lady in Restaurant (uncredited)
John Richard Petersen.... Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Al Silvani.... Inmate (uncredited)
Earl W. Smith.... Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)
Brien Varady.... Young Inmate (uncredited)