Swing Shift
Swing Shift
Release: 1984-04-13
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.5
Drama
Romance
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Lantana
Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company
Jerry Bick
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
Holly Hunter
as Jeannie Sherman
Lisa Pelikan
as Violet Mulligan
Susan Peretz
as Edith Castle
Joey Aresco
as Johnny Bonnano
Reid Cruickshanks
as Spike
Danny Darst
as Deacon
Dennis Fimple
as Rupert George
Chris Lemmon
as Lt. O'Connor
Charles Napier
as Moon Willis
Stephen Tobolowsky
as French deMille / Documentary Narrator
Marvin Miller
as Rollo
Susan Barnes
as Skinny
Gene Borkan
as M.P. at Embarkation
Alana Stewart
as Frankie Parker
Penny Johnson Jerald
as Genevieve
Isabell O'Connor
as Rita
Maggie Renzi
as First Interviewer
Sandy McLeod
as Second Interviewer
Alan Toy
as Assistant Cribman
Todd Allen
as Cpl. Bobby Danzig
Gary Goetzman
as 'Swing Shift' Bandleader
Belinda Carlisle
as Jamboree Singer
Harry Northup
as New Year's Eve Marine #1
Eddie Smith
as Waiter at Kelly's
Eugene Jackson
as Bartender at Kelly's
Chino 'Fats' Williams
as Bouncer at Kelly's
Roger Corman
as Mr. MacBride
Cynthia Lea Clark
as Dancer (uncredited)
Bob Harks
as Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Dick Miller
as Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
Danny Nero
as Sailor (uncredited)
