Norma Rae
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.
Release Date
March 2, 1979Runtime
110 minRating
PGGenres
DramaDirected by
Martin Ritt, James Nicholson, Skip Surguine, H. Bud OttoScreenplay by
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.Language
EnglishBudget
$4,500,000Revenue
$22,228,000Status
Released
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
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
Frank McRae
James Brown
Henry Slate
Policeman
Charlie Briggs
Warren Latting
Sandra Dorsey
Jail Matron
Harold E. Finch
Agent
Clayton Landey
Teddy Bob Keeler
George R. Robertson
Farmer
Martin Ritt
Factory Worker (uncredited)Images
Videos
ABC Sunday Night Movie opening Norma Rae 1984
Norma Rae Trailer
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ABC Sunday Night Movie opening Norma Rae 1984