Comedy Crime
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.
Directed by
Sidney Poitier
Written by
Bruce Jay Friedman
Billy Beck
Flycatching Prisoner
Gwen Van Dam
Mrs. Beatty
Madison Arnold
Guard #3
Lee Purcell
Susan
Peter Looney
Kicker #1
Franklyn Ajaye
Young Man in Hospital
Tony Burton
Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
Lewis van Bergen
Guard #1
Herb Armstrong
County Jail Guard
Henry Kingi
Ramon
Grand L. Bush
Big Mean's Sidekick
Karmin Murcelo
Teresa Ramirez
Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue
Stan Rodarte
Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)
Jonathan Banks
Jack Graham
Alvin Ing
Korean Doctor
Rod McCary
Minister
Erland van Lidth
Grossberger
Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Ward Wilson
Luis Ávalos
Chico
Nicolas Coster
Warden Henry Sampson
JoBeth Williams
Meredith
John Richard Petersen
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Mickey Jones
Guard #8
Barry Corbin
Warden Walter Beatty
Charles Weldon
Blade
Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe
Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand
Sidney Poitier
Joel Brooks
Len Garber
Donna Kei Benz
Nancy
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez
Al Silvani
Inmate (uncredited)
Brien Varady
Inmate (uncredited)
Estelle Omens
Mrs. R.H. Broache
Cedrick Hardman
Big Mean
Doug Johnson
Guard #2
Joe Massengale
Caesar Geronimo
Herman Poppe
Alex
Esther Sutherland
Sissie
Pamela Poitier
Cook's Helper
James Oscar Lee
Kicker #2
Claudia Cron
Joy
Bill Bailey
Announcer
Thomas Moore
Judge
Danna Hansen
Mrs. Sampson
Don Circle
Bank Teller
Gene Earl
Sheriff
Tracy Lee Rowe
Little Girl
Essex Smith
Blade's Friend
Kenneth Menard
Repairman
Rush Adams
Deputy (uncredited)
Rocky Beach
Prisoner (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Spectator (uncredited)
Drasha Meyer
Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)
Cliff Owens
Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)
Erik Owens
Inmate's Son (uncredited)
Scott Perry
Prisoner (uncredited)
Earl W. Smith
Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)

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