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Two jailbirds who just want out of the cage.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Gene WilderSkip Donahue
Richard PryorHarry Monroe
Georg Stanford BrownRory Schultebrand
JoBeth WilliamsMeredith
Miguel Ángel SuárezJesus Ramirez
Craig T. NelsonDeputy Ward Wilson
Barry CorbinWarden Walter Beatty
Charles WeldonBlade
Nicolas CosterWarden Henry Sampson
Joel BrooksLen Garber
Jonathan BanksJack Graham
Erland van LidthGrossbergerExplore the crew
- Director
- Sidney Poitier
- Writer
- Bruce Jay Friedman
- Director of Photography
- Fred Schuler
- Producer
- Hannah Weinstein
- Editor
- Harry Keller
- Original Music Composer
- Tom Scott