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Swing Shift

58 %|Apr 13, 1984|Drama, Romance, War

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

Featured Crew

Jonathan Demme
Director
Nancy Dowd
Writer
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Peter Jamison
Production Design
Larry Carow
Sound Editor
Michele Dittrick
Costumer
R. Chris Westlund
Set Decoration
Jerry O'Dell
Makeup Artist

Cast

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Goldie Hawn
Kay Walsh
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Kurt Russell
Lucky Lockhart
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Christine Lahti
Hazel Zanussi
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Fred Ward
Biscuits Toohey
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Ed Harris
Jack Walsh
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Holly Hunter
Jeannie Sherman
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Lisa Pelikan
Violet Mulligan
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Susan Peretz
Edith Castle
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Joey Aresco
Johnny Bonnano
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Dennis Fimple
Rupert George
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Chris Lemmon
Lt. O'Connor
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Charles Napier
Moon Willis
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Stephen Tobolowsky
French deMille / Documentary Narrator
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Beth Henley
Bible Pusher
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Gene Borkan
M.P. at Embarkation
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Alana Stewart
Frankie Parker
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Phillip Christon
Recruit at Egyptian
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Maggie Renzi
First Interviewer
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Sandy McLeod
Second Interviewer
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Alan Toy
Assistant Cribman
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Oceana Marr
Ladies' Room Inspector
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Richard K. Way
Factory Soldier
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Harold Jackson
Piano Player at Sorrentino's
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Don Carrara
Drunk Sailor
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Todd Allen
Cpl. Bobby Danzig
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Gary Goetzman
'Swing Shift' Bandleader
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Belinda Carlisle
Jamboree Singer
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Lissette LeCorn
Peggy (age 3)
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Jessica Gaynes
Peggy (age 7)
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Deena Marie
Paper Girl
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Roger Rook
Bellhop
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Joseph Hutton
Seaman Amtzis
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Harry Northup
New Year's Eve Marine #1
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David B. Carlton
New Year's Eve Marine #2
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Lisa Chadwick
Vocalist at Kelly's
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Eddie Smith
Waiter at Kelly's
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Eugene Jackson
Bartender at Kelly's
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Chino 'Fats' Williams
Bouncer at Kelly's
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Belita Moreno
Mabel Stoddard
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Roger Corman
Mr. MacBride
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Benjie Bancroft
Workman (uncredited)
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Ian Bruce
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Boyd Cabeen
Workman (uncredited)
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Cynthia Lea Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
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Jack R. Clinton
Workman (uncredited)
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Patrice Cole
Soldier's Wife (uncredited)
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Sig Frohlich
Workman (uncredited)
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Bob Harks
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
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Casey MacGill
Musician (uncredited)
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John Marlin
Workman (uncredited)
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Jim Michael
Bartender (uncredited)
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Dick Miller
Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
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Danny Nero
Sailor (uncredited)
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Luci-Lynn Norris
Neighbor (uncredited)
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James Turley
Workman (uncredited)