Swing Shift
1984 · 100 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 5,582 VOTES · DIR. Jonathan Demme
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 933 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:35 - Hi, spike. How are you? - Hi, jack.
00:07:13 - You cannot escape things. - Ethel, hand me that hammer.
00:11:30 No fooling.
00:14:25 I've just got to get this job. Believe me, i do.
00:17:38 - Bull's eye. - I could have gone right through you!
00:21:31 Guess what, spike? I'm working now!
00:25:50 You got a little mustache.
00:29:21 - What does that mean? - I don't know.
00:33:37 sons, and sweethearts on guadalcanal.
00:36:43 go away.
00:39:53 Sure.
00:45:06 Everything. The war, the nazis...
00:48:38 Four-year letter man. In what?
00:51:38 Never.
00:57:44 Five guys. Yeah, like that.
01:01:29 That means scram, all right?
01:04:13 - The shirt's from hazel. - Really?
01:08:26 I'll just wear them in the house.
01:11:23 I'm sorry.
01:16:14 I could probably work it out to go with them.
01:21:45 To lucky and hazel.
01:23:48 Let's just go.
01:28:14 good luck to you.
01:34:06 How do you do?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed933
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:02:35
Final line01:34:06
Production Record
DirectorJonathan Demme
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,582