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.
1978 · 1h 54m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Paul Schrader
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Blue Collar
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.
Director and cast
- Paul Schrader Director
- Richard Pryor as Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
- Harvey Keitel as Jerry Bartowski
- Yaphet Kotto as Sam 'Smokey' James
- Ed Begley Jr. as Bobby Joe
- Harry Bellaver as Eddie Johnson
- George Memmoli as Jenkins
- Lucy Saroyan as Arlene Bartowski
- Lane Smith as Clarence Hill
- Cliff DeYoung as John Burrows
- Borah Silver as Dogshit Miller
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