enjoy this film star gene wilder and ( skip donahue ) and richard pryor and ( harry monroe ) who be arrest and send to prison for a bank robbery which they do not commit . skip and harry be from the east and be send to a prison in the western part of the country and they have to face some very difficult situation in the prison and just can not seem to adjust to prison life . one day the warden of the prison find out that skip have a great deal of experience in rid bronco in rodeo and ask him to participate in a western rodeo which be go to be present to the prisoner and general public . there be some romance which go on between a girl name meredith and ( jo beth williams ) who be attract to skip donahue and obtain a lawyer for him to be able to investigate this false prison sentence and get him free . there be plenty of action with skip and harry try to run away from bull who be out to attack them and lot of great comedy .