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

Title: Blue Collar

Release Date: 10 Feb 1978

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: TAT Communications Company, Universal Pictures

Production Companies: TAT Communications Company, Universal Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (174 votes)

Cast

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