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Norma Rae
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
Genres
Drama
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.
Details
Budget
$4500000
Revenue
$22228000
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1979-03-02
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
185
Vote Average
7.205
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Sally Field
Norma Rae
Beau Bridges
Sonny
Ron Leibman
Reuben
Pat Hingle
Vernon
Barbara Baxley
Leona
Gail Strickland
Bonnie Mae
Morgan Paull
Wayne Billings
Robert Broyles
Sam Bolen
John Calvin
Ellis Harper
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
Stuart Culpepper
Ray Towner
Mary Munday
Mrs. Johnson
Jack Stryker
J.J. Davis
Gregory Walcott
Lamar Miller
Noble Willingham
Leroy Mason
Lonny Chapman
Gardner
Bert Freed
Sam Dakin
Bob Hannah
Jed Buffum
Edith Ivey
Louise Pickens
Scott Lawton
Craig
Frank McRae
James Brown
Gerry Okuneff
Pinkerton Man
Gina Kaye Pounders
Millie
Henry Slate
Policeman
Melissa Ann Wait
Alice
Joe Dorsey
Woodrow Thompson
Sherry Velvet Foster
Velma Stackhouse
Weona T. Brown
Hot Dog Vendor
Carolyn Danforth
Mavis Pruitt
James W. Harris
Mill Worker
Charlie Briggs
Warren Latting
Billie Joyce Buck
Agnes Roy
Fred Covington
Alston Purvis
J. Don Ferguson
Peter Gallat
Sandra Dorsey
Jail Matron
Harold E. Finch
Agent
Clayton Landey
Teddy Bob Keeler
Bill Pannell
Billy Stettin
George R. Robertson
Farmer
Thomas D. Samford III
Justice of the Peace
Roy Tatum
Woodrow Bowser
Paul Ellen
TV Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Michael Ray
TV Reporter (uncredited)
Martin Ritt
Factory Worker (uncredited)
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