

12/12/1980
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.

Gene Wilder
as Skip Donahue

Richard Pryor
as Harry Monroe

Georg Stanford Brown
as Rory Schultebrand

JoBeth Williams
as Meredith

Miguel Ángel Suárez
as Jesus Ramirez

Craig T. Nelson
as Deputy Ward Wilson

Barry Corbin
as Warden Walter Beatty

Charles Weldon
as Blade

Nicolas Coster
as Warden Henry Sampson

Joel Brooks
as Len Garber

Jonathan Banks
as Jack Graham

Erland van Lidth
as Grossberger

Lewis van Bergen
as Guard #1

Karmin Murcelo
as Teresa Ramirez

Franklyn Ajaye
as Young Man in Hospital

Estelle Omens
as Mrs. R.H. Broache

Peter Looney
as Kicker #1

Cedrick Hardman
as Big Mean

Doug Johnson
as Guard #2

Henry Kingi
as Ramon

Joe Massengale
as Caesar Geronimo

Herman Poppe
as Alex

Luis Ávalos
as Chico

Esther Sutherland
as Sissie

Pamela Poitier
as Cook's Helper

James Oscar Lee
as Kicker #2

Rod McCary
as Minister

Claudia Cron
as Joy

Bill Bailey
as Announcer

Donna Kei Benz
as Nancy

Grand L. Bush
as Big Mean's Sidekick

Alvin Ing
as Korean Doctor

Thomas Moore
as Judge

Danna Hansen
as Mrs. Sampson

Gwen Van Dam
as Mrs. Beatty

Herb Armstrong
as County Jail Guard

Herbert Hirschman
as Man at Dinner Party

Don Circle
as Bank Teller

Madison Arnold
as Guard #3

Gene Earl
as Sheriff

Mickey Jones
as Guard #8

Tracy Lee Rowe
as Little Girl

Essex Smith
as Blade's Friend

Kenneth Menard
as Repairman

Billy Beck
as Flycatching Prisoner

Lee Purcell
as Susan

Rush Adams
as Deputy (uncredited)

Rocky Beach
as Prisoner (uncredited)

Tony Burton
as Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle
as Spectator (uncredited)

Jim Henry
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Drasha Meyer
as Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)

Cliff Owens
as Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)

Erik Owens
as Inmate's Son (uncredited)

Scott Perry
as Prisoner (uncredited)

John Richard Petersen
as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Stan Rodarte
as Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)

Al Silvani
as Inmate (uncredited)

Earl W. Smith
as Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)

Brien Varady
as Inmate (uncredited)
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