Swing Shift
When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. From then on...nothing was the same.
19841h 40mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Romance
- War
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.
Keywords
- 1940s
- world war ii
- home front
- arms industry
- riveter
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 13, 1984
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Alana Stewart,Isabell O'Connor,Lisa Pelikan,Harry Northup,Danny Nero,Dick Miller,Joseph Hutton,Benjie Bancroft,Don Carrara,Charles Napierand 56 more
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Writer
- Nancy Dowd
- Producer
- Alex Winitsky,Jerry Bick,Arlene Sellers
- Cinematography
- Tak Fujimoto
- Music
- Patrick Williams
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0088213