Norma Rae
Norma Rae

Norma Rae

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1979
1h 50m
7.2(188 votes)
Drama

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.

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20th Century Fox

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Cast & Crew

50 members
Acting

Sally Field

Norma Rae

Sally Field
Acting

Beau Bridges

Sonny

Beau Bridges
Acting

Ron Leibman

Reuben

Ron Leibman
Acting

Pat Hingle

Vernon

Pat Hingle
Acting

Barbara Baxley

Leona

Barbara Baxley
Acting

Gail Strickland

Bonnie Mae

Gail Strickland
Acting

Morgan Paull

Wayne Billings

Morgan Paull
Acting

Robert Broyles

Sam Bolen

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Acting

John Calvin

Ellis Harper

John Calvin
Acting

Booth Colman

Dr. Watson

Booth Colman
Acting

Lee de Broux

Lujan

Lee de Broux
Acting

James Luisi

George Benson

James Luisi
Acting

Vernon Weddle

Reverend Hubbard

Vernon Weddle
Acting

Gilbert Green

Al Landon

Gilbert Green
Acting

Bob Minor

Lucius White

Bob Minor
Acting

Grace Zabriskie

Linette Odum

Grace Zabriskie
Acting

Stuart Culpepper

Ray Towner

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Mary Munday

Mrs. Johnson

Mary Munday
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Jack Stryker

J.J. Davis

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Gregory Walcott

Lamar Miller

Gregory Walcott
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Noble Willingham

Leroy Mason

Noble Willingham
Acting

Lonny Chapman

Gardner

Lonny Chapman
Acting

Bert Freed

Sam Dakin

Bert Freed
Acting

Bob Hannah

Jed Buffum

Bob Hannah
Acting

Edith Ivey

Louise Pickens

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Acting

Scott Lawton

Craig

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Frank McRae

James Brown

Frank McRae
Acting

Gerry Okuneff

Pinkerton Man

No Image
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Gina Kaye Pounders

Millie

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Acting

Henry Slate

Policeman

Henry Slate
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Melissa Ann Wait

Alice

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Joe Dorsey

Woodrow Thompson

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Sherry Velvet Foster

Velma Stackhouse

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Acting

Weona T. Brown

Hot Dog Vendor

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Carolyn Danforth

Mavis Pruitt

No Image
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James W. Harris

Mill Worker

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Charlie Briggs

Warren Latting

Charlie Briggs
Acting

Billie Joyce Buck

Agnes Roy

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Fred Covington

Alston Purvis

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J. Don Ferguson

Peter Gallat

J. Don Ferguson
Acting

Sandra Dorsey

Jail Matron

Sandra Dorsey
Acting

Harold E. Finch

Agent

Harold E. Finch
Acting

Clayton Landey

Teddy Bob Keeler

Clayton Landey
Acting

Bill Pannell

Billy Stettin

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Acting

George R. Robertson

Farmer

George R. Robertson
Acting

Thomas D. Samford III

Justice of the Peace

No Image
Acting

Roy Tatum

Woodrow Bowser

No Image
Acting

Paul Ellen

TV Reporter (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Jerry Michael Ray

TV Reporter (uncredited)

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Directing

Martin Ritt

Factory Worker (uncredited)

Martin Ritt

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