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poster movie Norma Rae

Norma Rae (1979)

PG

1979-03-02

  • Drama

1h 50m

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.

  • Irving RavetchScreenplay
  • Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
  • Norman GimbelLyricist
  • Martin RittDirector

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

Original titleNorma Rae

Budget$4,500,000.00

Revenue$22,228,000.00

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    Sally Field

    Norma Rae

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    Sonny

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    Reuben

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    Pat Hingle

    Vernon

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    Leona

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    Bonnie Mae

  • Profile Morgan Paull with character Wayne Billings

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    Wayne Billings

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    Sam Bolen

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    John Calvin

    Ellis Harper

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    Dr. Watson

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    Lujan

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    George Benson

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    Vernon Weddle

    Reverend Hubbard

  • Profile Gilbert Green with character Al Landon

    Gilbert Green

    Al Landon

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    Lucius White

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    Linette Odum

  • Stuart Culpepper

    Ray Towner

  • Profile Mary Munday with character Mrs. Johnson

    Mary Munday

    Mrs. Johnson

  • Jack Stryker

    J.J. Davis

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    Lamar Miller

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    Leroy Mason

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    Gardner

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    Sam Dakin

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    Bob Hannah

    Jed Buffum

  • Edith Ivey

    Louise Pickens

  • Scott Lawton

    Craig

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    Frank McRae

    James Brown

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    Pinkerton Man

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    Millie

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    Henry Slate

    Policeman

  • Melissa Ann Wait

    Alice

  • Joe Dorsey

    Woodrow Thompson

  • Sherry Velvet Foster

    Velma Stackhouse

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    Hot Dog Vendor

  • Carolyn Danforth

    Mavis Pruitt

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    Mill Worker

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    Charlie Briggs

    Warren Latting

  • Billie Joyce Buck

    Agnes Roy

  • Fred Covington

    Alston Purvis

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    J. Don Ferguson

    Peter Gallat

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    Sandra Dorsey

    Jail Matron

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    Agent

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    Teddy Bob Keeler

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    Billy Stettin

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    George R. Robertson

    Farmer

  • Thomas D. Samford III

    Justice of the Peace

  • Roy Tatum

    Woodrow Bowser

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    TV Reporter (uncredited)

  • Jerry Michael Ray

    TV Reporter (uncredited)

  • Profile Martin Ritt with character Factory Worker (uncredited)

    Martin Ritt

    Factory Worker (uncredited)