1979 1h 50m Martin Ritt

Norma Rae

Name: Norma Rae
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

★ 7.3 IMDb

Drama

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.

Writers Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch

Cast Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

DP John A. Alonzo

Music David Shire

Essays and Criticism

Norma Rae by Henry Giroux, Jump Cut The Sweat Stains of Sally Field - Norma Rae (1979) by Michelle Crouch, Bright Wall/Dark Room

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Awards & Festivals

Won Academy Award for Best Actress

Nominated Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

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