""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

7.4(182 votes)

Drama

Crime

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.

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48 members

Acting

Richard Pryor

Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown

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Harvey Keitel

Jerry Bartowski

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Yaphet Kotto

Sam 'Smokey' James

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Ed Begley Jr.

Bobby Joe

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Harry Bellaver

Eddie Johnson

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George Memmoli

Jenkins

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Lucy Saroyan

Arlene Bartowski

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Lane Smith

Clarence Hill

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Cliff DeYoung

John Burrows

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Borah Silver

Dogshit Miller

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Chip Fields

Caroline Brown

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Harry Northup

Hank

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Leonard Gaines

I.R.S. Man

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Milton Selzer

Sumabitch

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Sammy Warren

Barney

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Jimmy Martinez

Charlie T. Hernandez

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Jerry Dahlmann

Superintendent

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Denny Arnold

Unshaven Thug

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Rock Riddle

Blond Thug

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Stacey Baldwin

Debby Bartowski

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Steve Butts

Bob Bartowski

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Stephen P. Dunn

Flannigan

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Speedy Brown

Slim

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Davone Florence

Frazier Brown

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Eddie Singleton

Ali Brown

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Ava Singleton

Aretha Brown

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Vermettya Royster

Neighbor

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Jaime Carreire

Little Joe

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Victoria McFarland

Doris

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Gloria Delaney

Party Girl

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Rosa Flores

Party Girl

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Crystal McCarey

Party Girl

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Debra Fay Walker

Party Girl

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Gino Ardito

Detective

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Sean Fallon Walsh

Detective

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Vincent Lucchesi

Newspaper Reporter

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Jerry Snider

TV Reporter

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Colby Chester

TV Reporter

Costume & Make-Up

Donl Morse

Union Member

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William Pelt

Union Member

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Tracey Walter

Union Member

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Almeria Quinn

Union Secretary

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Lee McDonald

Security Guard

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Rodney Lee Walker

Boy in Dime Store

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Vincent Di Paolo

Factory Worker (uncredited)

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Doctor Hayes

Union Worker (uncredited)

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Art

Jeannine Oppewall

Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)

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Jimmy Williams

Union Member with Broken Leg (uncredited)

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