Directed by:
Sidney PoitierScreenplay:
Charles BlackwellCinematography:
Fred SchulerComposer:
Tom ScottCast:
Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Nicolas Coster, Jonathan Banks, Erland van Lidth (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Skip (Wilder) and Harry (Pryor) have both been fired from their jobs, so they take off in their van for California to seek fame and fortune, but somewhere along the way the van conks out and they're broke and... well, they have to eat, right? So they land a gig as singing and dancing woodpeckers to promote a bank opening. When two bank robbers steal their costumes and stick up the bank, guess who gets the blame? Skip and Harry are carted off to the state pen for 125 years. They try to keep their sanity and their lives amidst: a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and an inter-prison rodeo - all with great hilarity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gene Wilder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268124_db4206.jpg)
Gene Wilder
USA
Best movies:
![Richard Pryor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267570_34060f.jpg)
Richard Pryor
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Blue Collar (1978)
![Georg Stanford Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058464_69128d.jpg)
Georg Stanford Brown
Cuba
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - actor, a.f.
North and South (1985) (series)
![JoBeth Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/737/162737916_10b736.jpg)
JoBeth Williams
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
Welcome Home (1989)
![Craig T. Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270604_d367f0.jpg)
Craig T. Nelson
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
The Incredibles (2004)
The Killing Fields (1984)
![Barry Corbin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271676_f0259f.jpg)
Barry Corbin
USA
Best movies:
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Nicolas Coster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279873_5ef468.jpg)
Nicolas Coster
UK
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
By Dawn's Early Light (1990) (TV movie)
Reds (1981)
![Jonathan Banks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713076_6b7d12.jpg)
Jonathan Banks
USA
Best movies:
Coming Home (1978)
Reign Over Me (2007)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
![Erland van Lidth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188082_a1d914.jpg)
Erland van Lidth
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Wanderers (1979)
Stir Crazy (1980)
The Running Man (1987)
Peter Looney
USA
Best movies:
The Town (2010)
Outbreak (1995)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Grand L. Bush
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
![Mickey Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/435/162435372_6136ef.jpg)
Mickey Jones
USA
Best movies:
Sling Blade (1996)
Total Recall (1990)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
![Lee Purcell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058571_91d709.jpg)
Lee Purcell
USA
Best movies:
Hijack! (1973) (TV movie)
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (1980) (TV movie)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
![Tony Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/232/161232449_fa0aa5.jpg)
Tony Burton
USA
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky IV (1985)
![Luis Avalos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/190/87190014_63411d.jpg)
Luis Avalos
Cuba
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Sunday Lovers (1980)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
![Wendy Wells-Gunkel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160056_d9d7b1.jpg)
Wendy Wells-Gunkel
USA
Best movies:
Miami Vice (2006)
Top Gun (1986)
Stir Crazy (1980)
Alvin Ing
USA
Best movies:
Brother (2000)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Final Countdown (1980)
Al Silvani
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Joel Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Door to Door (2002) (TV movie)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV movie)
![Madison Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/476/160476559_27ae36.gif)
Madison Arnold
USA
Best movies:
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Presumed Innocent (1990)