Blue Collar
(1978)
Whatever became of the "American Dream"?
Stars: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver
Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader, Sydney A. Glass
Language: English
Studio: TAT Communications Company
Duration: 114
Three workers, Zeke, Jerry and Smokey, are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. One night when they steal away from their wives to have some fun they get the idea to rob the local union's bureau safe. First they think it is a flop, because they get only 600 dollars out of it, but then Zeke realizes that they also have gotten some 'hot' material. They decide to blackmail their union. The best reason for that is the union itself. All three are provoked by the fact that the union claims to have lost 10,000 dollars by their robbery.
Richard Pryor | Zeke Brown |
Harvey Keitel | Jerry Bartowski |
Yaphet Kotto | 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 |
Cliff De Young | John Burrows |
Borah Silver | Dogshit Miller |
Chip Fields | Caroline Brown |
Harry Northup | Hank |
Leonard Gaines | Mr. Bird, I.R.S. Man |
Milton Selzer | Sumabitch |
Sammy Warren | Barney |
Jr. Ed Begley | |
Jimmy Martinez | Charlie T. Hernandez |
Jerry Dahlmann | Superintendent |
Denny Arnold | Unshaven Thug |
Rock Riddle | Blond Thug |
Stacey Baldwin | Donny Bartowski |
Steve Butts | Bob Bartowski |
Stephen P. Dunn | Flanagan |
Speedy Brown | Blue |
Davone Florence | Frazer Balchin |
Eddie Singleton | Ali Brown |
Ava Singleton | Aretha Brown |
Vernetta Royster | Neighbor |
Jaime Carreire | Little Joe |
Vermettya Royster | Neighbor |
Victoria McFarland | Doris |
Gloria Delaney | Party Girl |
Rosa Flores | Party Girl |
Crystal McCarey | Party Girl |
Debra Fay Walker | Party Girl |
Gino Ardito | Detective |
Sean Fallon Walsh | Detective |
Vincent Lucchesi | Newspaper reporter |
Jerry Snider | TV Reporter |
Colby Chester | TV Reporter |
Donl Morse | Union Member |
William Pelt | Union Member |
Tracey Walter | Union Member |
Almeria Quinn | Union Secretary |
Lee McDonald | Security Guard |
Rodney Lee Walker | Boy in Dime Store |
Jimmy Williams | Union Member with Broken Leg (uncredited) |
Vincent Di Paolo | Factory Worker |
Bobby Byrne | Cinematographer |
Tom Rolf | Film Editor |
Doctor Hayes | Union worker |
Tom Beckert | Sound Department |
Jeannine Oppewall | Woman with bicycle |
Willie D. Burton | Sound Department |
Marvin E. Lewis | Sound Department |
Stanley H. Polinsky | Sound Department |
James G. Stewart | Sound Department |
Winfred Tennison | Sound Department |
Jack Nitzsche | Composer |
Lawrence G. Paull | Production Designer |
Peg Cummings | Set Decorator |
Sirlord Donel | Makeup Artist |
Robert L. Stevenson | hair stylist |
Daniel Franklin | second assistant director |
Rusty Meek | first assistant director |
Michael C. Ayers | property master |
Ernie Sawyers | property master |
Mort Zwicker | construction |
Genre: Crime
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
IMDb: 0077248