Stir Crazy (1980) on Netflix
Fired from their New York City jobs, Harry Monroe and Skip Donahue head west. In Arizona they promote a bank in woodpecker costumes, and two men take the outfits and rob it.
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Plot summary
Harry Monroe works as a waiter and Skip Donahue as a store detective in New York City. Both lose their jobs: cooks at a dinner party mistake Harry's marijuana for oregano, and Skip wrongly accuses a woman of shoplifting. Skip persuades Harry to leave for Hollywood, and the two set out west in a battered camper van. In Arizona, Skip lines up a job for them dressed as woodpeckers, singing and dancing to promote a bank opening. While they rest, two men take their outfits and hold up the bank, and the pair are seized for the crime. A conviction brings 125-year sentences at a maximum-security prison, with advice to be patient until their case is examined.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Stir Crazy (1980)
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- Making Stir Crazy, Richard Pryor became the first Black actor to earn a million dollars for a single film.
