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Stir Crazy

Year:

1980

Duration:

111 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1980-12-12

Filming Locations: Florence, Arizona, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $8,691,886 (USA) (14 December 1980)

Gross: $101,300,000 (USA) Rentals $58,365,000 (USA)

Cast

Actor

Character

Erland van Lidth

Stir Crazy

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

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

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)

Wendy Wells-Gunkel

Rodeo Guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Arizona State Prison officials used the money given to rent out their facilities to construct a rodeo arena of their own.

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The lyrics of the woodpecker jingle sung at the bank go: "Oh!, you'll save money! Knock on wood! When you do what a good woodpecker should! Save for a horse or a brand new ranch, when you flock to the Glenboro Savings Branch! You can feather your nest with frills! Fill your garage with Coup de Villes! Just relax if you have a big bill! What you can do...be a smart bird too! Yout little pecker, you!"

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Actor Richard Pryor and director Sidney Poitier had previously worked together on Uptown Saturday Night (1974).

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Goofs

When Skip is thrown from the bronco the first time, he is wearing gloves. As he rolls over on the ground, he is not wearing gloves. When Grossberger picks him up, he is wearing gloves again.

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Caesar Geronimo is wearing a black hat when riding the bronco, a light colored hat when riding tornado and a black hat when running the "Hard Money" event.

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Meredith gets a job as a waitress in a "raunchy strip club", yet she is fully clothed (long-sleeved shirt and jeans).

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Quotes

Rory: That's Blade. He runs the third world side of Cell Block 2. My dear, till Grossberger came along he held the axe murder record in the south-west! He's the one I'm gonna get you the cheesburger from. How do you like it, medium?

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Skip Donahue: We tried to teach him Charades! He Didnt Get it! He just didnt get it!

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Harry Monroe: Yes I'm a short son of a bitch, my daddy was a short son of a bitch, my mother was shorter than him, and my brother, my brother was so short we couldn't even see him.

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