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Norma Rae
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
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 as Norma Rae
- Ron Leibman as Reuben
- Beau Bridges as Sonny
- Pat Hingle as Vernon
- Barbara Baxley as Leona
- Gail Strickland as Bonnie Mae
- Morgan Paull as Wayne Billings
- Robert Broyles as Sam Bolen
- John Calvin as Ellis Harper
- Booth Colman as Dr. Watson
- Lee de Broux as Lujan
- James Luisi as George Benson
Details
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Released
- March 2, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Martin Ritt Productions and Rose and Asseyev Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 214 votes
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