Film

Blue Collar

1978 · 1h 54m · Drama · Crime

"Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

77

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.

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

• Paul SchraderDirector · Screenplay
• Leonard SchraderScreenplay
• Don GuestProducer
• Robin FrenchExecutive Producer
• Bobby ByrneDirector of Photography
• Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
• Tom RolfEditor
• Vic RamosCasting

Blue Collar (1978) Original Trailer [FHD]Paul Schrader x 2: Blue Collar

Release date

February 10, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,700,000

Revenue

$6,521,083

Genres

Drama, Crime

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