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
Chino 'Fats' Williams
Bouncer at Kelly's
Danny Darst
Deacon
Chris Lemmon
Lt. O'Connor
Goldie Hawn
Kay Walsh
Todd Allen
Cpl. Bobby Danzig
Roger Corman
Mr. MacBride
Dick Miller
Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
Fred Ward
Biscuits Toohey
Lisa Pelikan
Violet Mulligan
Charles Napier
Moon Willis
Ed Harris
Jack Walsh
Eddie Smith
Waiter at Kelly's
Cynthia Lea Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Christine Lahti
Hazel Zanussi
Sudie Bond
Annie
Joey Aresco
Johnny Bonnano
Alana Stewart
Frankie Parker
Harry Northup
New Year's Eve Marine #1
Patty Maloney
Laverne
Susan Peretz
Edith Castle
Eugene Jackson
Bartender at Kelly's
Stephen Tobolowsky
French deMille / Documentary Narrator
Marvin Miller
Rollo
Susan Barnes
Skinny
Alan Toy
Assistant Cribman
Reid Cruickshanks
Spike
Penny Johnson Jerald
Genevieve
Maggie Renzi
First Interviewer
Dennis Fimple
Rupert George
Bob Harks
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Gary Goetzman
'Swing Shift' Bandleader
Kurt Russell
Lucky Lockhart
Gene Borkan
M.P. at Embarkation
Sandy McLeod
Second Interviewer
Belinda Carlisle
Jamboree Singer
Holly Hunter
Jeannie Sherman