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The $5.20 an Hour Dream

9.019801h 44mMovieDramaTV Movie

A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line.

DirectorRuss Mayberry
WriterRobert E. Thompson
ProducersBill Finnegan·Robert E. Thompson

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Cast · Directed by Russ Mayberry

LLLinda Lavin
Linda Lavin
Ellen Lissick
RJRichard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel
Albert Kleinschmidt
NPNicholas Pryor
Nicholas Pryor
Ed Lissick
PMPamela McMyler
Pamela McMyler
Ginny
MN
Mayf Nutter
Randy
TBTaurean Blacque
Taurean Blacque
Jive
FC
Fredric Cook
Checker
RDRobert Davi
Robert Davi
Bobby Jim
CECliff Emmich
Cliff Emmich
Purvis
DFDennis Fimple
Dennis Fimple
Aiken
BGBurton Gilliam
Burton Gilliam
Turnvil
DHDana Hill
Dana Hill
Kim Lissick

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The $5.20 an Hour Dream hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 15, 1980. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.