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Swing Shift (1984)

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Drama | Romance

Overview

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she 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 more complicated.

Rated PG | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Goldie Hawn | Kurt Russell | Christine Lahti | Fred Ward | Ed Harris | Sudie Bond | Holly Hunter | Patty Maloney | Lisa Pelikan | Susan Peretz | Joey Aresco | Morris 'Tex' Biggs | Reid Cruickshanks | Danny Darst | Dennis Fimple | Chris Lemmon | Charles Napier | Stephen Tobolowsky | Laura Hawn | Marvin Miller | Susan Barnes | Beth Henley | Gene Borkan | Alana Stewart | Phillip Christon | Penny Johnson | Isabell O'Connor | Maggie Renzi | Sandy McLeod | George 'Red' Schwartz | Alan Toy | Oceana Marr | Richard K. Way | Harold Jackson | Don Carrara | Todd Allen | Gary Goetzman | Belinda Carlisle | Lissette LeCorn | Jessica Gaynes | Deena Marie | Roger Rook | Joseph Hutton | Harry Northup | David B. Carlton | Lisa Chadwick | Eddie Smith | Eugene Jackson | Chino 'Fats' Williams | Belita Moreno | Roger Corman | Benjie Bancroft | Ian Bruce | Boyd Cabeen | Cynthia Lea Clark | Jack R. Clinton | Patrice Cole | Sig Frohlich | Bob Harks | Casey MacGill | John Marlin | Jim Michael | Dick Miller | Danny Nero | Luci-Lynn Norris | James Turley

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Viewing Notes

good not great drama about the women who worked in the factories while their men were sent off to the war. The best thing really is the Russell / Hawn chemistry and this excellent supporting cast of character actors. Fun to see Belinda Carlisle is a small role. Roger Corman pops up at the end.

Russell looks years younger than his turns in both THE THING and ESCAPE FROM NY. Crazy attractive man. Half-point bump for him!

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