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5.6In 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.
Released: 1984-04-13100 minDir: Jonathan DemmeDrama, Romance, War
Cast
- Goldie Hawn as Kay Walsh
- Kurt Russell as Lucky Lockhart
- Christine Lahti as Hazel Zanussi
- Fred Ward as Biscuits Toohey
- Ed Harris as Jack Walsh
- Sudie Bond as Annie
Themes
- world war ii
- home front
- riveter
- arms industry
- 1940s
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
5,511 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Screenwriter
- Ron Nyswaner
- Cast member
- Q171363
- Composer
- Bruce Langhorne
- Cinematographer
- Tak Fujimoto
- Narrative location
- Hawaii
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 629167
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1984-04-13
- title
- Swing Shift
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Craig McKay
- review score
- 87%
- capital cost
- 15000000
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