Norma Rae

1979

PG

1h 50m

IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Drama

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.

Directors

Writers

Irving Ravetch(screenplay by)
Harriet Frank Jr.(screenplay by)
Norman Gimbel(lyricist by)
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Sally Field
Norma Rae
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Gail Strickland
Bonnie Mae
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Morgan Paull
Wayne Billings
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John Calvin
Ellis Harper
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Booth Colman
Dr. Watson
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James Luisi
George Benson
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Vernon Weddle
Reverend Hubbard
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Gilbert Green
Al Landon
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Bob Minor
Lucius White
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Grace Zabriskie
Linette Odum
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Mary Munday
Mrs. Johnson

Directors

Writers

Irving Ravetch(screenplay by)
Harriet Frank Jr.(screenplay by)
Norman Gimbel(lyricist by)

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Details

Release date

March 2, 1979 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

20th Century Fox
Martin Ritt Productions

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Box office

Budget

$4,500,000

Gross worldwide

$22,228,000

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