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Rating: 7.4/10 by 173 users

Blue Collar (1978)

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

Directing:
  • Paul Schrader
Writing:
  • Leonard Schrader
  • Paul Schrader
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Feb 10, 1978

Rating: 7.4/10 by 173 users

Alternative Title:
Akkord am Fließband - DE
Detroit - Avdeling 291 - NO

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 54 minutes
Budget: $1,700,000
Revenue: $6,521,083

Plot Keyword: factory worker, robbery, blackmail, drinking, union, detroit, michigan, blue collar worker, vending machine, car factory, assembly line

Richard Pryor
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
Harvey Keitel
Jerry Bartowski
Yaphet Kotto
Sam 'Smokey' James
Harry Bellaver
Eddie Johnson
Lucy Saroyan
Arlene Bartowski
Lane Smith
Clarence Hill
Cliff DeYoung
John Burrows
Borah Silver
Dogshit Miller
Chip Fields
Caroline Brown
Jimmy Martinez
Charlie T. Hernandez
Jerry Dahlmann
Superintendent
Denny Arnold
Unshaven Thug
Rock Riddle
Blond Thug
Stacey Baldwin
Debby Bartowski
Steve Butts
Bob Bartowski
Davone Florence
Frazier Brown
Ava Singleton
Aretha Brown
Rosa Flores
Party Girl
Vincent Lucchesi
Newspaper Reporter
Jerry Snider
TV Reporter
Colby Chester
TV Reporter
Donl Morse
Union Member
William Pelt
Union Member
Tracey Walter
Union Member
Almeria Quinn
Union Secretary
Lee McDonald
Security Guard
Rodney Lee Walker
Boy in Dime Store
Vincent Di Paolo
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Doctor Hayes
Union Worker (uncredited)
Jeannine Oppewall
Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)

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A serious role for Pryor with a good cast and a message that should hit home for any ordinary working man. Well worth the watch.


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