Film
Norma Rae
1979 · 1h 50m · Drama
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
- IMDb
- 7.3
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 91%
- Metacritic
- 61
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Overview
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.
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
Robert Broyles
Sam Bolen
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
Crew
- Martin RittDirector
- Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
- Irving RavetchScreenplay
- Tamara AsseyevProducer
- Alexandra RoseProducer
- John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
- David ShireOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney LevinEditor
- Mike FentonCasting
- Jane FeinbergCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 2, 1979
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Revenue
- $22,228,000
- Genres
- Drama
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