Title | Swing Shift |
Year | 1984 |
Time | 100 mins |
Genre | Comedy; Drama; Romance |
Director | Jonathan Demme |
Edition | Archive Collection |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Goldie Hawn as Kay Walsh; Kurt Russell as Lucky Lockhart; Christine Lahti as Hazel Zanussi; Fred Ward as Biscuits Toohey; Ed Harris as Jack Walsh; Sudie Bond as Annie; Holly Hunter as Jeannie Sherman; Patty Maloney as Laverne; Lisa Pelikan as Violet Mulligan; Susan Peretz as Edith Castle; Joey Aresco as Johnny Bonnaro; Morris 'Tex' Biggs as Clarence; Reid Cruickshanks as Spike; Danny Darst as Deacon; Dennis Fimple as Rupert George |
Rating | PG (Parental Guidance) |
Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
Language | English |
Plot | 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 |
Producer | Charles Mulvehill; Arlene Sellers |
Writer | Bo Goldman; Ron Nyswaner |
Subtitles | French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) |