Blue Collar

Blue Collar

1978 · 114 min · EN · R · 7.4 (145 votes)
Dir. Paul Schrader · Starring Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli · Music Jack Nitzsche

Whatever became of the American Dream?

DramaCrime

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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A raw, unflinching look at the daily grind and simmering desperation of blue-collar life. It feels heavy with the weight of economic struggle and the corrosive effects of systemic mistreatment, building to a tense, inevitable confrontation.

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