Blue Collar

Blue Collar

114 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 10, 1978

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.

Blue Collar

114 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 10, 1978

Blue Collar
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Universal Pictures, TAT Communications Company
Original title Blue Collar
Directors Paul Schrader
Writers Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader

Cast

Richard Pryor

as Zeke Brown

Harvey Keitel

as Jerry Bartowski

Yaphet Kotto

as Smokey James

Ed Begley Jr.

as Bobby Joe

Harry Bellaver

as Eddie Johnson Union President AAW Local 291

George Memmoli

as Jenkins

Lucy Saroyan

as Arlene Bartowski

Lane Smith

as Clarence Hill, Union Steward

Cliff DeYoung

as John Burrows

Borah Silver

as Dogshit Miller, Foreman

Chip Fields

as Caroline Brown

Harry Northup

as Hank

Milton Selzer

as Sumabitch

Sammy Warren

as Barney

Leonard Gaines

as Mr. Bird, I.R.S. Man

Denny Arnold

as Unshaven Thug

Rock Riddle

as Blond Thug

Tracey Walter

as Union Member

Gloria Delaney

as Party Girl

Crystal McCarey

as Party Girl

Vincent Di Paolo

as Factory Worker (uncredited)

Jeannine Oppewall

as Woman with bicycle (uncredited)