Norma Rae
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
1979 | 110m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Martin Ritt |
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| Writer: | Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 02, 1979 |
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| Director: | Martin Ritt |
| Writer: | Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, factory, alabama, based on true story, single mother, union, labor, textile worker, cotton mill |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $22,228,000
Budget: $4,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Martin Ritt | Director |
| David Shire | Original Music Composer, Songs |
| Norman Gimbel | Lyricist, Sound |
| Gregory Garrison | Set Decoration |
| Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Elaina P. Schulman | Hairstylist |
| Bruce Bisenz | Sound Mixer |
| Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Douglas O. Williams | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Cliffe Oland | Assistant Editor |
| Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Tracy Bousman | Art Direction |
| Lola 'Skip' McNalley | Hairstylist |
| James Nicholson | Assistant Director |
| William Hartman | Sound Editor |
| Richard Sperber | Sound Editor |
| William Van der Byl | Special Effects |
| H. Bud Otto | Script Supervisor |
| William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Skip Surguine | Second Assistant Director |
| Godfrey Marks | Dialogue Editor |
| Paul Wells | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Margaret Adachi | Assistant Editor |
| Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
| Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tamara Asseyev | Producer |
| Alexandra Rose | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 10 |
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