Norma Rae (1979)

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

Movie · Drama · 1h 50m · Rated 7.2/10 on TMDB · Released March 2, 1979

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.

Directed by Martin Ritt

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

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