Blue Collar

Blue Collar (1978)

"Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.

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.

Date of release
1978-02-10
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (217)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Paul Schrader

Casting

  • Richard Pryor — Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
  • Harvey Keitel — Jerry Bartowski
  • Yaphet Kotto — Sam 'Smokey' James
  • Ed Begley Jr. — Bobby Joe
  • Harry Bellaver — Eddie Johnson
  • George Memmoli — Jenkins
  • Lucy Saroyan — Arlene Bartowski
  • Lane Smith — Clarence Hill
  • Cliff DeYoung — John Burrows
  • Borah Silver — Dogshit Miller
  • Chip Fields — Caroline Brown
  • Harry Northup — Hank

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