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Swing Shift - Jonathan Demme

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Directed by: 
Jonathan Demme
Release year: 
1984
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
100min
Genre: 
Romance Film
Historical period drama
Drama
Music by: 
Peter Allen
Bruce Langhorne
Patrick Williams
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 to whom she hadn't previously been all that nice. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers able to ride the jibes of the male workforce. As the war drags on Kay finally goes on a date with her trumpet playing foreman and life inevitably starts to get complicated.
Cast: 
Fred Ward
as
Archibald 'Biscuits' Touie
Ed Harris
as
Jack Walsh
Kurt Russell
as
Mike Lockhart
Goldie Hawn
as
Kay Walsh
Christine Lahti
as
Hazel
Sudie Bond
as
Annie
Chris Lemmon
as
Lt. O'Connor
Charles Napier
as
Moon Willis
Lisa Pelikan
as
Violet
Holly Hunter
as
Jeannie
Belita Moreno
as
Mabel Stoddard
Reid Cruickshanks
as
Spike
Joey Aresco
as
Johnny Bonnaro
Laura Hawn
as
Ethel, Spike's Wife
Danny Darst
as
Deacon
Susan Peretz
as
Edith
Patty Maloney
as
Laverne
Doug Savant
Luci-Lynn Norris
as
Neighbor
Patrice Cole
as
Soldier's Wife
Cynthia Lea Clark
as
Dancer
Roger Corman
as
Mr. MacBride
Chino 'Fats' Williams
as
Bouncer at Kelly's
Eugene Jackson
as
Bartender at Kelly's
Eddie Smith
as
Waiter at Kelly's
Lisa Chadwick
as
Vocalist at Kelly's
David B. Carlton
as
New Year's Eve Marine #2
Harry Northup
as
New Year's Eve Marine #1
Joseph Hutton
as
Seaman Amtzie
Roger Rook
as
Bellhop
Deena Marie
as
Piper Girl
Jessica Gaynes
as
Peggy
(
Peggy age 7
)
Lissette LeCorn
as
Peggy
(
Peggy age 3
)
Belinda Carlisle
as
Jamboree Singer
Gary Goetzman
as
Swing Shift bandleader
Todd Allen
as
Col. Bobby Danzig
Don Carrara
as
Drunk Soldier
Harold Jackson
as
Piano Player at Sorrentino's
Richard K. Way
as
Factory Soldier
Oceana Marr
as
Ladies' Room Inspector
Alan Toy
as
Assistant Cribman
George 'Red' Schwartz
as
Cribman
Sandy McLeod
as
Second Interviewer
Maggie Renzi
as
First Interviewer
Isabell O'Connor
as
Rita
Penny Johnson
as
Genevieve
Phillip Christon
as
Recruit at Egyptian
Alana Stewart
as
Frankie Parker
Gene Borkan
as
MP at embarcation
Beth Henley
as
Bible Pusher
Susan Barnes
as
Skinny
Marvin Miller
as
Rollo
Stephen Tobolowsky
as
French de Mille
Stephen Tobolowsky
as
Documentary Narrator
Dennis Fimple
as
Rupert George
Morris "Tex" Biggs
as
Clarence

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