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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.
Language
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue $101,300,000
English
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue $101,300,000
Keywords
mistaken identity
prison escape
fish out of water
wrongful imprisonment
buddy
Casts
Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe
Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand
JoBeth Williams
Meredith
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez
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
Erland van Lidth
Grossberger
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
Herman Poppe
Alex
Luis Ávalos
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
Grand L. Bush
Big Mean's Sidekick
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
Mickey Jones
Guard #8
Tracy Lee Rowe
Little Girl
Essex Smith
Blade's Friend
Kenneth Menard
Repairman
Billy Beck
Flycatching Prisoner
Lee Purcell
Susan
Rush Adams
Deputy (uncredited)
Rocky Beach
Prisoner (uncredited)
Tony Burton
Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Spectator (uncredited)
Jim Henry
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Drasha Meyer
Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)
Cliff Owens
Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)
Erik Owens
Inmate's Son (uncredited)
Scott Perry
Prisoner (uncredited)
John Richard Petersen
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Stan Rodarte
Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)
Al Silvani
Inmate (uncredited)
Earl W. Smith
Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)
Brien Varady
Inmate (uncredited)
Crews
Sidney Poitier
Director
Dennis Smith
Camera Operator
Claire MacTague
Production Coordinator
Mickey Gilbert
Stunt Coordinator
Daniel McCauley
First Assistant Director
Don Wilkerson
Second Assistant Director
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Beckert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Jiron
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Camera Operator
Dustin Blauvelt
First Assistant Camera
Donald B. Nunley
Property Master
Richard Cobos
Makeup Artist
Lola Kemp
Hairstylist
Larry L. Fuentes
Special Effects
Richard Martens
Gaffer
Robert Moore
Key Grip
Harold Broner
Construction Coordinator
Bruce Jay Friedman
Writer
Fred Schuler
Director of Photography
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Hannah Weinstein
Producer
Harry Keller
Editor
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Patricia Edwards
Costume Design
Arthur Jeph Parker
Set Decoration
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
François De Menil
Associate Producer
Melville Tucker
Executive Producer
Ray Quiroz
Script Supervisor
Sidney Ray Baldwin
Still Photographer
Ronald L. Carr
Location Manager
Backdrops & Posters
