Drama Romance War
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Written by
Nancy Dowd
Kurt Russell
Lucky Lockhart
Ed Harris
Jack Walsh
Holly Hunter
Jeannie Sherman
Goldie Hawn
Kay Walsh
Stephen Tobolowsky
French deMille / Documentary Narrator
Charles Napier
Moon Willis
Dick Miller
Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
Christine Lahti
Hazel Zanussi
Fred Ward
Biscuits Toohey
Penny Johnson Jerald
Genevieve
Lisa Pelikan
Violet Mulligan
Susan Barnes
Skinny
Belinda Carlisle
Jamboree Singer
Dennis Fimple
Rupert George
Marvin Miller
Rollo
Bob Harks
Photographer at Funeral (uncredited)
Gene Borkan
M.P. at Embarkation
Chino 'Fats' Williams
Bouncer at Kelly's
Eddie Smith
Waiter at Kelly's
Belita Moreno
Mabel Stoddard
Chris Lemmon
Lt. O'Connor
Todd Allen
Cpl. Bobby Danzig
Sudie Bond
Annie
Joey Aresco
Johnny Bonnano
Susan Peretz
Edith Castle
Harry Northup
New Year's Eve Marine #1
Alan Toy
Assistant Cribman
Danny Darst
Deacon
Danny Nero
Sailor (uncredited)
Alana Stewart
Frankie Parker
Eugene Jackson
Bartender at Kelly's
Cynthia Lea Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Isabell O'Connor
Rita
Reid Cruickshanks
Spike
Patty Maloney
Laverne
Morris 'Tex' Biggs
Clarence
Laura Hawn
Ethel
George 'Red' Schwartz
Cribman
Oceana Marr
Ladies' Room Inspector
Richard K. Way
Factory Soldier
Harold Jackson
Piano Player at Sorrentino's
Don Carrara
Drunk Sailor
Lissette LeCorn
Peggy (age 3)
Jessica Gaynes
Peggy (age 7)
Deena Marie
Paper Girl
Roger Rook
Bellhop
Joseph Hutton
Seaman Amtzis
David B. Carlton
New Year's Eve Marine #2
Lisa Chadwick
Vocalist at Kelly's
Benjie Bancroft
Workman (uncredited)
Ian Bruce
Club Patron (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Workman (uncredited)
Jack R. Clinton
Workman (uncredited)
Patrice Cole
Soldier's Wife (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Workman (uncredited)
Casey MacGill
Musician (uncredited)
John Marlin
Workman (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Bartender (uncredited)
Luci-Lynn Norris
Neighbor (uncredited)
James Turley
Workman (uncredited)

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