Norma Rae (1979)

03/02/1979 (US) • Drama • 1h 50m

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.

Norma Rae (1979)

03/02/1979 (US) • 1h 50m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

$22,228,000.00

Keywords

factory

based on novel or book

alabama

based on true story

single mother

union

labor

textile worker

cotton mill

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