- HD 1080
- Runtime: 114m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Paul Schrader
- Stars: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver
- keywords: factory worker, robbery, blackmail, drinking, union, detroit, michigan, blue collar worker, vending machine, car factory, assembly line
- Production_studio: TAT Communications Company, Universal Pictures
- Slogan: "Blue Collar" is the American Dream. If you're rich, you can buy it. If you're anything else, you gotta fight for it.
- The Blue Collar is featured in the top rankings of 1978
- #12 in Top Drama Movies of 1978
- #3 in Top Crime Movies of 1978
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.