Norma Rae
1979, Film, 114 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 70
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
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.
Directed by Martin Ritt
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
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