Norma Rae

Norma Rae (1979)

Released: 1979-03-02 Duration: 1hr 50min
Genres: Drama
Rating 7.2
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Additional Info

Budget $4,500,000.00
Revenue $22,228,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 7.034

Directed By

Martin Ritt

Crew

Screenplay
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
Harriet Frank Jr.
Director
Martin Ritt
Makeup Artist
Tom Ellingwood
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Douglas O. Williams
Second Assistant Director
Skip Surguine
Sound Mixer
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Editor
Richard Sperber
Assistant Editor
Cliffe Oland
Script Supervisor
H. Bud Otto
Special Effects
William Van der Byl
Production Design
Walter Scott Herndon
Set Decoration
Gregory Garrison
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Theodore Soderberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Wells
Assistant Editor
Margaret Adachi
Art Direction
Tracy Bousman
Assistant Director
James Nicholson
Sound Editor
William Hartman
Makeup Artist
William Turner
Hairstylist
Elaina P. Schulman
Dialogue Editor
Godfrey Marks
Producer
Tamara Asseyev
Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Casting
Mike Fenton
Producer
Alexandra Rose
Casting
Jane Feinberg
Editor
Sidney Levin
Original Music Composer
David Shire
Lyricist
Norman Gimbel
Title Designer
Dan Perri

TOP CAST

Sally Field
Sally Field

Norma Rae

Ron Leibman
Ron Leibman

Reuben

Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle

Vernon

Gail Strickland
Gail Strickland

Bonnie Mae

Morgan Paull
Morgan Paull

Wayne Billings

Robert Broyles
Robert Broyles

Sam Bolen

John Calvin
John Calvin

Ellis Harper

Booth Colman
Booth Colman

Dr. Watson

James Luisi
James Luisi

George Benson

Vernon Weddle
Vernon Weddle

Reverend Hubbard

Gilbert Green
Gilbert Green

Al Landon

Bob Minor
Bob Minor

Lucius White

Grace Zabriskie
Grace Zabriskie

Linette Odum

Stuart Culpepper
Stuart Culpepper

Ray Towner

Mary Munday
Mary Munday

Mrs. Johnson

Jack Stryker
Jack Stryker

J.J. Davis

Gregory Walcott
Gregory Walcott

Lamar Miller

Noble Willingham
Noble Willingham

Leroy Mason

Bert Freed
Bert Freed

Sam Dakin

Bob Hannah
Bob Hannah

Jed Buffum

Edith Ivey
Edith Ivey

Louise Pickens

Frank McRae
Frank McRae

James Brown

Gerry Okuneff
Gerry Okuneff

Pinkerton Man

Henry Slate
Henry Slate

Policeman

Joe Dorsey
Joe Dorsey

Woodrow Thompson

Sherry Velvet Foster
Sherry Velvet Foster

Velma Stackhouse

Weona T. Brown
Weona T. Brown

Hot Dog Vendor

Carolyn Danforth
Carolyn Danforth

Mavis Pruitt

James W. Harris
James W. Harris

Mill Worker

Charlie Briggs
Charlie Briggs

Warren Latting

Fred Covington
Fred Covington

Alston Purvis

J. Don Ferguson
J. Don Ferguson

Peter Gallat

Sandra Dorsey
Sandra Dorsey

Jail Matron

Clayton Landey
Clayton Landey

Teddy Bob Keeler

Bill Pannell
Bill Pannell

Billy Stettin

Thomas D. Samford III
Thomas D. Samford III

Justice of the Peace

Roy Tatum
Roy Tatum

Woodrow Bowser

Paul Ellen
Paul Ellen

TV Reporter (uncredited)

Jerry Michael Ray
Jerry Michael Ray

TV Reporter (uncredited)

Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt

Factory Worker (uncredited)

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