Director Jonathan Demme
Writer Nancy Dowd
Swing Shift
Tagline: When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. From then on...nothing was the same.
Release Date: 1984-04-13
Duration: 100 minutes
Synopsis
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way the two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on Kay finally dates her trumpet playing foreman and life gets complicated
Casting
- Kurt RussellLucky Lockhart
- Ed HarrisJack Walsh
- Holly HunterJeannie Sherman
- Goldie HawnKay Walsh
- Stephen TobolowskyFrench deMille / Documentary Narrator
- Penny Johnson JeraldGenevieve
- Fred WardBiscuits Toohey
- Christine LahtiHazel Zanussi
- Lisa PelikanViolet Mulligan
- Roger CormanMr. MacBride
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