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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release1978

Runtime1h 54m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,700,000

Revenue$6,521,083

Production

TAT Communications Company

Universal Pictures

Movie

Blue Collar

1978

1h 54m

7.3

Drama

Crime

Synopsis

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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