Norma Rae
1979 · Movie · PG · 110 min · ★ 7.2
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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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-03-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 110 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (199 votes)
Themes
- factory
- based on novel or book
- alabama
- based on true story
- single mother
- union
- labor
- labor organizer
- labor union
- workers union
- textile worker
- cotton mill
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1980
- Silver nugget — the best foreign film · 1979
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1980 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
- RB
Robert Broyles
as Sam Bolen
John Calvin
as Ellis Harper
Booth Colman
as Dr. Watson
Directed by Martin Ritt