Stir Crazy (1980)

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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.

• Released: 1980-12-12
• Genres: Comedy, Crime
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 504 votes

Directed by Sidney Poitier.

Top cast

• Gene Wilder as Skip Donahue
• Richard Pryor as Harry Monroe
• Georg Stanford Brown as Rory Schultebrand
• JoBeth Williams as Meredith
• Miguel Ángel Suárez as Jesus Ramirez
• Craig T. Nelson as Deputy Ward Wilson
• Barry Corbin as Warden Walter Beatty
• Charles Weldon as Blade
• Nicolas Coster as Warden Henry Sampson
• Joel Brooks as Len Garber

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Stir Crazy

• United States: stream on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Zee5, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on BINGE, Binge Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube

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