Stir Crazy (1980)

Release date: 1980-12-12
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Sidney Poitier
Production Co: Columbia Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Rating: 6.8/10
Length: 1h 51min

Storyline

Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.

Plot Keywords

african american, prison escape, revolver, pistol, comedy team, wrongful arrest, robber, prisoner, police brutality, pliers, bar fight, reference to shakespeare's romeo and juliet, playwright, black comedy, dark comedy, strong language, f word, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, on the road

Short Review

It's strange about Stir Crazy. We go in with big expectations, and we laugh so much at the beginning that we're ready for the movie to launch itself as a hit. And then it all goes flat and we come out disappointed.