Norma Rae (1979)
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
114 min
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, 1979
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $22,228,000
Trailer
Cast
- 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
- Robert Broyles as Sam Bolen
- John Calvin as Ellis Harper
- Booth Colman as Dr. Watson
Crew
- Martin Ritt · Director
- Irving Ravetch · Writer
- Harriet Frank Jr. · Writer
- Tamara Asseyev · Producer
- Alexandra Rose · Producer
- David Shire · Composer
- John A. Alonzo · Cinematographer
- Sidney Levin · Editor
- Jane Feinberg · Casting director
- Mike Fenton · Casting director
- Walter Scott Herndon · Production designer