Stir Crazy

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Georg Stanford Brown, Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder stand together in matching blue shirts in a scene from the film Stir Crazy, with Wilder wearing a black cowboy hat.

Stir Crazy

film by Poitier [1980]

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Sidney Poitier
Poitier as a director
Poitier did not act in Stir Crazy (1980), which featured Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as a pair of losers who are mistakenly sent to prison; the film was an enormous box-office hit. Poitier had less success with Hanky Panky (1982), which teamed Wilder and his real-life wife, Gilda Radner,…
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Poitier did not act in Stir Crazy (1980), which featured Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as a pair of losers who are mistakenly sent to prison; the film was an enormous box-office hit. Poitier had less success with Hanky Panky (1982), which teamed Wilder and his real-life wife, Gilda Radner,…
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Gene Wilder
…comedies, Silver Streak (1976) and Stir Crazy (1980), and for two flops, See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991). He appeared with his wife, comedian Gilda Radner, in such films as Hanky Panky (1982), The Woman in Red (1984), and Haunted Honeymoon (1986). Many of Wilder’s…
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…comedies, Silver Streak (1976) and Stir Crazy (1980), and for two flops, See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991). He appeared with his wife, comedian Gilda Radner, in such films as Hanky Panky (1982), The Woman in Red (1984), and Haunted Honeymoon (1986). Many of Wilder’s…
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Bruce Jay Friedman
…he penned several screenplays, notably Stir Crazy (1980) and Splash (1984; written with others). Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir was published in 2011.
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…he penned several screenplays, notably Stir Crazy (1980) and Splash (1984; written with others). Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir was published in 2011.
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