# Blue Collar - Kampf am Fließband (1978)

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**Original title**: *Blue Collar*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime
**Directed by**: Paul Schrader
**Written by**: Paul Schrader, Leonard Schrader
**Starring**: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli

> *"Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You work an auto assembly line and face financial hardships, but then corruption sparks a desperate plan, Paul Schrader directs their plight.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, paranoid, raw

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