Swing Shift

• 5.721 Drama
• 1984-04-13
• 100 minutes mins

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

Starring:

Goldie Hawn (Kay Walsh) Kurt Russell (Lucky Lockhart) Christine Lahti (Hazel Zanussi) Fred Ward (Biscuits Toohey) Ed Harris (Jack Walsh) Sudie Bond (Annie) Holly Hunter (Jeannie Sherman) Patty Maloney (Laverne) Lisa Pelikan (Violet Mulligan) Susan Peretz (Edith Castle)

Director:

Jonathan Demme

Writer:

Nancy Dowd