Swing Shift
When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. From then on...nothing was the same.
Director Jonathan Demme
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.
Trailer
Cast
Susan Barnes
Skinny
Maggie Renzi
First Interviewer
Alan Toy
Assistant Cribman
Belinda Carlisle
Jamboree Singer
Kurt Russell
Lucky Lockhart
Holly Hunter
Jeannie Sherman
Sudie Bond
Annie
Lisa Pelikan
Violet Mulligan
Fred Ward
Biscuits Toohey
Danny Darst
Deacon
Reid Cruickshanks
Spike
Marvin Miller
Rollo
Gene Borkan
M.P. at Embarkation
Joey Aresco
Johnny Bonnano
Charles Napier
Moon Willis
Todd Allen
Cpl. Bobby Danzig
Eugene Jackson
Bartender at Kelly's
Bob Harks
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Patty Maloney
Laverne
Goldie Hawn
Kay Walsh
Harry Northup
New Year's Eve Marine #1
Eddie Smith
Waiter at Kelly's
Dick Miller
Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
Gary Goetzman
'Swing Shift' Bandleader
Cynthia Lea Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Christine Lahti
Hazel Zanussi
Chris Lemmon
Lt. O'Connor
Sandy McLeod
Second Interviewer
Chino 'Fats' Williams
Bouncer at Kelly's
Dennis Fimple
Rupert George
Stephen Tobolowsky
French deMille / Documentary Narrator
Penny Johnson Jerald
Genevieve
Ed Harris
Jack Walsh
Susan Peretz
Edith Castle
Roger Corman
Mr. MacBride
Alana Stewart
Frankie Parker