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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Sally FieldNorma Rae
- Ron LeibmanReuben
- Beau BridgesSonny
- Pat HingleVernon
- Barbara BaxleyLeona
- Gail StricklandBonnie Mae
- Morgan PaullWayne Billings
- Robert BroylesSam Bolen
- John CalvinEllis Harper
- Booth ColmanDr. Watson
Crew
- Martin RittDirector
- Irving RavetchScreenplay
- Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
- John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
- David ShireOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney LevinEditor
- Tamara AsseyevProducer
- Alexandra RoseProducer
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