Norma Rae
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
7.2(207) 1979-03-02 110 minDrama
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.
DirectorMartin Ritt
ScreenplayIrving Ravetch
ScreenplayHarriet Frank Jr.
ProducerTamara Asseyev
ProducerAlexandra Rose
Original Music ComposerDavid Shire
Cast & characters
Sally Field
as Norma Rae
Beau Bridges
as Sonny
Ron Leibman
as Reuben
Pat Hingle
as Vernon
Barbara Baxley
as Leona
Gail Strickland
as Bonnie Mae
Morgan Paull
as Wayne Billings
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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
Vernon Weddle
as Reverend Hubbard
Gilbert Green
as Al Landon
Bob Minor
as Lucius White
Grace Zabriskie
as Linette Odum
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Stuart Culpepper
as Ray Towner
Mary Munday
as Mrs. Johnson
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Jack Stryker
as J.J. Davis
Gregory Walcott
as Lamar Miller
Noble Willingham
as Leroy Mason
Lonny Chapman
as Gardner
Bert Freed
as Sam Dakin
Bob Hannah
as Jed Buffum
