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Norma Rae

The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.

  • Movie
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 1h 50m

Directed by Martin Ritt

7.2

TMDB audience rating
7.2 out of 10 from 217 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Sally Field

    Sally FieldNorma Rae

  • Ron Leibman

    Ron LeibmanReuben

  • Beau Bridges

    Beau BridgesSonny

  • Pat Hingle

    Pat HingleVernon

  • Barbara Baxley

    Barbara BaxleyLeona

  • Gail Strickland

    Gail StricklandBonnie Mae

  • Morgan Paull

    Morgan PaullWayne Billings

  • Robert BroylesSam Bolen

  • John Calvin

    John CalvinEllis Harper

  • Booth Colman

    Booth ColmanDr. Watson

  • Lee de Broux

    Lee de BrouxLujan

  • James Luisi

    James LuisiGeorge Benson

  • Vernon Weddle

    Vernon WeddleReverend Hubbard

  • Gilbert Green

    Gilbert GreenAl Landon

  • Bob Minor

    Bob MinorLucius White

  • Grace Zabriskie

    Grace ZabriskieLinette Odum

  • Stuart CulpepperRay Towner

  • Mary Munday

    Mary MundayMrs. Johnson

Director
Martin Ritt
Writer
Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.
Music
David Shire
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo