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Norma Rae (1979)
Directed by Martin Ritt
“The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.”
Drama · 1h 50m
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.
Cast
Sally Field
Ron Leibman
Beau Bridges
Pat Hingle
Barbara Baxley
Gail Strickland
Morgan Paull
John Calvin
Booth Colman
Lee de Broux
James Luisi
Crew
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Screenplay
- Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
- Director of Photography
- John A. Alonzo
- Original Music Composer
- David Shire
- Editor
- Sidney Levin
- Producer
- Tamara Asseyev, Alexandra Rose
Details
- Release date
- 1979-03-02
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Martin Ritt Productions, Rose and Asseyev Productions
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $22,228,000