Norma Rae (1979)

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Released:
1979-03-02

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.

Director:
Martin Ritt

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Sally Field
    as
    Norma Rae
  • Beau Bridges
    as
    Sonny
  • Ron Leibman
    as
    Reuben
  • Pat Hingle
    as
    Vernon
  • Barbara Baxley
    as
    Leona