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Blue Collar

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

Duration

1h 54m

Release

10 Feb 1978

Country

United States

Language

English

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.

Plot

When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.

Cast

Richard PryorHarvey KeitelYaphet Kotto

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10Rotten Tomatoes: 96%Metacritic: 77/100

Details

Director

Paul Schrader

Writers

Paul SchraderLeonard SchraderSydney A. Glass

Revenue

$6,521,083

Budget

$1,700,000

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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