Blue Collar (1978)
7.4|10 Feb, 1978|114 min
"Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.
7.4|10 Feb, 1978|114 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$1,700,000
Revenue $6,521,083
English
Budget$1,700,000
Revenue $6,521,083
Keywords
factory worker
robbery
blackmail
drinking
union
detroit, michigan
blue collar worker
vending machine
car factory
assembly line
Casts
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)
Crews
Donl Morse
Makeup Artist
Robert L. Stevenson
Hairstylist
Willie D. Burton
Sound
Marvin E. Lewis
Sound
Winfred Tennison
Sound
Ron Dawson
Wardrobe Designer
Alice Rush
Wardrobe Designer
Paul Schrader
Director
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunt Coordinator
Robin French
Executive Producer
Tom Rolf
Editor
Lawrence G. Paull
Production Design
Bobby Byrne
Director of Photography
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Leonard Schrader
Screenplay
Paul Schrader
Screenplay
Don Guest
Producer
Jack Nitzsche
Original Music Composer
Peg Cummings
Set Decoration
Sydney A. Glass
Original Concept
David Nichols
Associate Producer
Vic Ramos
Casting
Rusty Meek
Production Manager
Daniel Franklin
Second Assistant Director
Rusty Meek
First Assistant Director
Michael C. Ayers
Property Master
Ernie Sawyers
Property Master
Mort Zwicker
Construction Coordinator
Tom Beckert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stanley H. Polinsky
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James G. Stewart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunt Driver
Jim Connors
Stunt Driver
Frank Orsatti
Stunt Driver
William D. Barber
Second Assistant Camera
Rick Borchardt
Key Grip
James F. Boyle
Gaffer
Ophelious Braxton
Second Company Grip
David Calloway
Second Assistant Camera
Doug J. Campbell
Dolly Grip
William Dear
Additional Camera
Wynn Hammer
Still Photographer
Aaron Pazanti
Best Boy Grip
Ted Sugiura
First Assistant Camera
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Ron Kenyon
Lighting Technician
Jim Taylor
Still Photographer
Sandy Davis
Assistant Editor
Janice Hampton
Assistant Editor
Michael Boddicker
Musician
Ry Cooder
Additional Music
Wallace C. Bennett
Script Supervisor
David Hoberman
Production Executive
Bonnie Bruckheimer
Producer's Assistant
Backdrops & Posters
