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Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic drama directed by Jonathan Demme, and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn, with Kurt Russell. It also features Christine Lahti, Fred Ward, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter, in one of her earlier movie roles. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $6.6
Apr 13, 1984 · A woman finds romance and friendship at a wartime aircraft plant, while her husband is away in the Navy. IMDb provides cast and crew, trivia, reviews, ratings, and more for this Jonathan Demme-directed film.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Jonathan Demme
- 1984-04-13
Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee Goldie Hawn ("The First Wives Club," "Private Benjamin") stars in this nostalgic romantic comedy as a demure World War II housewife whose ...
- 100 min
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Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. During World War II, a navy wife helps the war effort by taking a job in the local aircraft factory, where she meets a man declared unfit...
- (15)
- Jonathan Demme
- PG
- Goldie Hawn
That's basically what happens in "Swing Shift," a sentimental memory of World War II, when men went to war and their wives and sweethearts manned the production lines. This is a slice-of-life movie, the kind that director Jonathan ("Melvin and Howard") Demme is good at.
A romantic comedy drama about a woman's affair during World War II and its consequences. Starring Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti and Ed Harris, directed by Jonathan Demme.
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife 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.
