

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.
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Cast

Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue

Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe

Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand

JoBeth Williams
Meredith

Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez

Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Ward Wilson

Barry Corbin
Warden Walter Beatty

Charles Weldon
Blade

Nicolas Coster
Warden Henry Sampson

Joel Brooks
Len Garber

Jonathan Banks
Jack Graham

Erland van Lidth
Grossberger
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