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Blue Collar
"Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.
Genres
DramaCrime
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.
Details
Budget
$1700000
Revenue
$6521083
Runtime
114 min
Release Date
1978-02-10
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
188
Vote Average
7.3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Leonard Gaines
I.R.S. Man
Milton Selzer
Sumabitch
Sammy Warren
Barney
Jimmy Martinez
Charlie T. Hernandez
Jerry Dahlmann
Superintendent
Denny Arnold
Unshaven Thug
Rock Riddle
Blond Thug
Stacey Baldwin
Debby Bartowski
Steve Butts
Bob Bartowski
Stephen P. Dunn
Flannigan
Speedy Brown
Slim
Davone Florence
Frazier Brown
Eddie Singleton
Ali Brown
Ava Singleton
Aretha Brown
Vermettya Royster
Neighbor
Jaime Carreire
Little Joe
Victoria McFarland
Doris
Gloria Delaney
Party Girl
Rosa Flores
Party Girl
Crystal McCarey
Party Girl
Debra Fay Walker
Party Girl
Gino Ardito
Detective
Sean Fallon Walsh
Detective
Vincent Lucchesi
Newspaper Reporter
Jerry Snider
TV Reporter
Colby Chester
TV Reporter
Donl Morse
Union Member
William Pelt
Union Member
Tracey Walter
Union Member
Almeria Quinn
Union Secretary
Lee McDonald
Security Guard
Rodney Lee Walker
Boy in Dime Store
Vincent Di Paolo
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Doctor Hayes
Union Worker (uncredited)
Jeannine Oppewall
Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)
Jimmy Williams
Union Member with Broken Leg (uncredited)
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