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A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Danny Darst
- Deacon
- (as Daniel Dean Darst)
Chris Lemmon
- Lt. O'Connor
- (as Christopher Lemmon)
- Director
- Writers
- Nancy Dowd
- Ron Nyswaner(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn an early scene, Ed Harris, clad only in a towel wrapped around his waist, plops down on a chair. For a split second, his genitals are fully exposed. This scene somehow evaded the censors (and in a PG-rated film) and in the first video release, the scene is intact. The scene has now disappeared from subsequent releases. However, it is included on the print shown on Turner Classic Movies.
- GoofsWhen the service men are boarding the bus, and Kay is saying goodbye to her husband, a man appears with a megaphone to announce the bus is departing. His megaphone is a self-contained transistor one which was not available in 1941.
- Quotes
Documentary Narrator: Each returning serviceman will get his job back when the war is won. And you girls and women, you'll be going home. Back to being housewives and mothers as you promised to do when you came to work with us. Your lives will return to normal.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown over old, black and white photos.
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 5 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksSomeone Waits For You
Performed by Carly Simon
Produced by Richard Perry
Music by Peter Allen
Lyrics by Will Jennings
Featured review
Great Depiction Of The Era
December 7, 1941 ...........
That is what this film is about , World War II And it's affects it has on a family when a loved one goes away for a long period of time.
Goldie Hawn is superb as is Christine Lahti and Kurt Russell the three stars of the film , Well Acted by all ............
Also Look for a rather young Ed Harris as Goldie's Husband who goes off to war and Holly Hunter as Her Co-Worker in the Aviation Factory . Also a Great Score By Carly Simon singing the main title song .
That is what this film is about , World War II And it's affects it has on a family when a loved one goes away for a long period of time.
Goldie Hawn is superb as is Christine Lahti and Kurt Russell the three stars of the film , Well Acted by all ............
Also Look for a rather young Ed Harris as Goldie's Husband who goes off to war and Holly Hunter as Her Co-Worker in the Aviation Factory . Also a Great Score By Carly Simon singing the main title song .
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Swing Shift - Liebe auf Zeit
- Filming locations
- Long Beach, California, USA(bicycling sequence)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,650,206
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,270,136
- Apr 15, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $6,650,206
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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