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Swing Shift · 1984

Swing Shift

«When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. From then on...nothing was the same.»

Jonathan Demme · 100 min · United States of America

DramaRomanceWar

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.

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5.6

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Production companies
Warner Bros. Pictures, Lantana, Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, Jerry Bick

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Filming
California
Setting
Hawái

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