Norma Rae
188 reviews
Drama
1h 50m
1979
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to...
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Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
- DirectorMartin Ritt
- Release2 March 1979
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 50m
- Budget$4,500,000
- Revenue$22,228,000
- Rate188 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox, Martin Ritt Productions, Rose and Asseyev Productions
Cast

Sally Field
Norma Rae

Beau Bridges
Sonny

Ron Leibman
Reuben

Pat Hingle
Vernon

Barbara Baxley
Leona

Gail Strickland
Bonnie Mae

Morgan Paull
Wayne Billings

John Calvin
Ellis Harper

Booth Colman
Dr. Watson

Lee de Broux
Lujan

James Luisi
George Benson

Vernon Weddle
Reverend Hubbard

Gilbert Green
Al Landon

Bob Minor
Lucius White

Grace Zabriskie
Linette Odum

Mary Munday
Mrs. Johnson

Gregory Walcott
Lamar Miller

Noble Willingham
Leroy Mason

Lonny Chapman
Gardner

Bert Freed
Sam Dakin

Bob Hannah
Jed Buffum

Frank McRae
James Brown

Henry Slate
Policeman

Charlie Briggs
Warren Latting

J. Don Ferguson
Peter Gallat

Sandra Dorsey
Jail Matron

Harold E. Finch
Agent

Clayton Landey
Teddy Bob Keeler

George R. Robertson
Farmer

Martin Ritt
Factory Worker (uncredited)
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