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.
Gene Wilder
as Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor
as Harry Monroe
Georg Stanford Brown
as Rory Schultebrand
JoBeth Williams
as Meredith
Miguel Ángel Suárez
as Jesus Ramirez
Craig T. Nelson
as Deputy Ward Wilson
Barry Corbin
as Warden Walter Beatty
Charles Weldon
as Blade
Nicolas Coster
as Warden Henry Sampson
Joel Brooks
as Len Garber
Jonathan Banks
as Jack Graham
Erland van Lidth
as Grossberger
