Swing Shift

Directed by Jonathan Demme
1984    1h 40m    PG
Drama, Romance, War,
5.987%42%
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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
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Cast of Swing Shift
  • Goldie HawnKay Walsh
  • Kurt RussellLucky Lockhart
  • Christine LahtiHazel Zanussi
  • Fred WardBiscuits Toohey
  • Ed HarrisJack Walsh
  • Sudie BondAnnie
  • Holly HunterJeannie Sherman
  • Patty MaloneyLaverne
  • Lisa PelikanViolet Mulligan
  • Susan PeretzEdith Castle
  • Joey ArescoJohnny Bonnano
  • Morris 'Tex' BiggsClarence
  • Reid CruickshanksSpike
  • Danny DarstDeacon
  • Dennis FimpleRupert George
  • Chris LemmonLt. O'Connor
  • Charles NapierMoon Willis
  • Stephen TobolowskyFrench deMille / Documentary Narrator
  • Laura HawnEthel
  • Marvin MillerRollo
  • Susan BarnesSkinny
  • Beth HenleyBible Pusher
  • Gene BorkanM.P. at Embarkation
  • Alana StewartFrankie Parker
  • Phillip ChristonRecruit at Egyptian
  • Penny Johnson JeraldGenevieve
  • Isabell O'ConnorRita
  • Maggie RenziFirst Interviewer
  • Sandy McLeodSecond Interviewer
  • George 'Red' SchwartzCribman
  • Alan ToyAssistant Cribman
  • Oceana MarrLadies' Room Inspector
  • Richard K. WayFactory Soldier
  • Harold JacksonPiano Player at Sorrentino's
  • Don CarraraDrunk Sailor
  • Todd AllenCpl. Bobby Danzig
  • Gary Goetzman'Swing Shift' Bandleader
  • Belinda CarlisleJamboree Singer
  • Lissette LeCornPeggy (age 3)
  • Jessica GaynesPeggy (age 7)
  • Deena MariePaper Girl
  • Roger RookBellhop
  • Joseph HuttonSeaman Amtzis
  • Harry NorthupNew Year's Eve Marine #1
  • David B. CarltonNew Year's Eve Marine #2
  • Lisa ChadwickVocalist at Kelly's
  • Eddie SmithWaiter at Kelly's
  • Eugene JacksonBartender at Kelly's
  • Chino 'Fats' WilliamsBouncer at Kelly's
  • Belita MorenoMabel Stoddard
  • Roger CormanMr. MacBride
  • Benjie BancroftWorkman (uncredited)
  • Ian BruceClub Patron (uncredited)
  • Boyd CabeenWorkman (uncredited)
  • Cynthia Lea ClarkDancer (uncredited)
  • Jack R. ClintonWorkman (uncredited)
  • Patrice ColeSoldier's Wife (uncredited)
  • Sig FrohlichWorkman (uncredited)
  • Bob HarksPhotographer at Funeral (uncredited)
  • Casey MacGillMusician (uncredited)
  • John MarlinWorkman (uncredited)
  • Jim MichaelBartender (uncredited)
  • Dick MillerWallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
  • Danny NeroSailor (uncredited)
  • Luci-Lynn NorrisNeighbor (uncredited)
  • James TurleyWorkman (uncredited)
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