Blue Collar

Blue Collar

★ 7.4IMDb Score
Released:1978-02-10
Duration:114 min
Director:Paul Schrader
Actors:Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver
Production:TAT Communications Company, Universal Pictures

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.

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