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Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery by some thieves in chicken suits and end up in a spit 'n' sawdust midwestern prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to their new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos and the inter-prison rodeo is coming up.

Keywords:

Comedy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1980) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Gene Wilder	.... Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor	.... Harry Monroe
George Stanford Brown	.... Rory Schultebrand
JoBeth Williams	.... Meredith
Miguel Ángel Suárez	.... Jesus Ramirez
Craig T. Nelson	.... Deputy Ward Wilson

Supporting Cast:

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
Lewis Van Bergen	.... Guard
Karmin Murcelo	.... Teresa Ramirez
Franklyn Ajaye	.... Young Man in Hospital

Directors:

Sidney Poitier

Writers:

Bruce Jay Friedman

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