Rent Stir Crazy (1980)
3.4 of 5 from 106 ratings
1h 46min
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- Synopsis:
- Would-be playwright Skip Donohue (Gene Wilder) and would-be actor Harry Monroe (Richard Pryor) should be on the road to success. But along the way to seeking their fortunes in California, they get stranded in Arizona. Hired to dress as woodpeckers for a bank promotion, Skip and Harry are mistaken for bank robbers and find themselves thrown behind bars. Outwitting wardens, sadistic guards, and fellow prisoners, the two even wind up in a prison rodeo.
- Actors:
- Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Charles Weldon, Nicolas Coster, Joel Brooks, Jonathan Banks, Erland van Lidth, Lewis Van Bergen, Karmin Murcelo, Franklyn Ajaye
- Directors:
- Sidney Poitier
- Writers:
- Bruce Jay Friedman
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Collections:
- Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Cinema's Most Memorable Comedy Double Acts, Getting to Know: Sidney Poitier, The Film Highlights of 1980, What to Watch Next If You Liked Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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