Swing Shift

Swing Shift (1984)

Genres - Drama, Romance, War, Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Period Film, Romantic Drama  |   Release Date - Apr 13, 1984 (USA - Unknown), Apr 13, 1984 (USA)  |   Run Time - 113 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Michael Betzold

Director Jonathan Demme made one of his more conventional movies with Swing Shift, an examination of life on the American home front during WWII. Goldie Hawn, who also served as the film's producer, stars as Kay, a woman who takes a job on the line at a plant producing war planes after her husband goes off to fight in Europe. One of her coworkers is her best friend Hazel, played by Christine Lahti, whose performance earned an Oscar nomination and a New York Film Critics award. Kay falls in love with another coworker, Lucky (Kurt Russell), who couldn't enlist because of a weak heart. Kay's husband Jack (Ed Harris) comes home on leave and finds out that his wife has betrayed him. Lucky then decides to pursue Hazel, driving a wedge between the two best friends.

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employment, extramarital-affair, life-choices, love, love-triangle, romance, war, wife