Norma Rae (1979)
02/03/1979
Drama
1h 50m
- 72% (182 votes)
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The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
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.
- Martin RittDirector
- Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
- Irving RavetchScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$22,228,000
Keywords
- factory
- based on novel or book
- alabama
- based on true story
- single mother
- union
- labor
- textile worker
- cotton mill
Top Billed 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
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