The $5.20 an Hour Dream

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

104 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 26, 1980

A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line.

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

104 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 26, 1980

The $5.20 an Hour Dream
A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line.
Producers Finnegan Associates, Big Deal Films
Original title The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Directors Russ Mayberry
Writers Robert E. Thompson

Cast

Linda Lavin

as Ellen Lissick

Richard Jaeckel

as Albert Kleinschmidt

Nicholas Pryor

as Ed Lissick

Pamela McMyler

as Ginny

Mayf Nutter

as Randy

Taurean Blacque

as Jive

Fredric Cook

as Checker

Robert Davi

as Bobby Jim

Cliff Emmich

as Purvis

Dennis Fimple

as Aiken

Burton Gilliam

as Turnvil

Dana Hill

as Kim Lissick

Ernie Hudson

as Homer Burden

Timothy Scott

as Turkel

Raymond Singer

as Rawlings

Gary Vinson

as Jim Hagen

Claude Woolman

as Lawrence Blake

W.K. Stratton

as Billy Boy

Sam Coppola

as Harry

Hersha Parady

as Millie

Joella Deffenbaugh

as Arlene

Fred Carney

as Judge

Stacy Keach, Sr.

as Bar Drinker

Jennifer Holmes

as Mavis

Cynthia Mayberry

as Joyce

Rose Arrick

as Nurse

Kristina Callahan

as Miss Cimmons

John Aquino

as Stacker

Jed Mills

as Supply Worker

Joey Sagal

as Bailiff

Lara Purdy

as Red-Headed Girl

Rosanna Locke

as Girl in Sweater

Tammy Arnold

as Lori

Ron Stein

as Coach

Buck Young

as Bartender

B. Joe Medley

as Mechanic

Gary Dubin

as Oblatt Boy