Norma Rae
“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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Cast
50 people
Sally Field
Norma Rae
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Ron Leibman
Reuben
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Beau Bridges
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Pat Hingle
Vernon
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Barbara Baxley
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Robert Broyles
Sam Bolen
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John Calvin
Ellis Harper
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Booth Colman
Dr. Watson
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Martin Ritt Director · Irving Ravetch Screenplay Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Worldwide gross $22M · Budget $4.5M · United States release March 2, 1979
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$22,228,000
Gross vs. budget
4.9×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Martin Ritt Productions
Production
Rose and Asseyev Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 2, 1979
Theatrical
Brazil
March 9, 1979 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 4, 1979 · Theatrical
France
May 17, 1979 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 30, 1979 · Theatrical
Germany
June 15, 1979 · Theatrical
Italy
May 19, 1979 · Theatrical
Spain
May 30, 1979 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 19, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 16, 1979 · Theatrical
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