Norma Rae
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
1979
Rated
PG
110
minutes
Drama
Directed By:
Martin Ritt
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.
Language
English
Release Date
March 2, 1979
Budget
$4,500,000
Revenue
$22,228,000
Academy Awards
Best Actress
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
Booth Colman
Dr. Watson
Lee de Broux
Lujan
James Luisi
George Benson
Vernon Weddle
Reverend Hubbard
Gilbert Green
Al Landon
Bob Minor
Lucius White
Grace Zabriskie
Linette Odum
Stuart Culpepper
Ray Towner
Mary Munday
Mrs. Johnson
Jack Stryker
J.J. Davis
Gregory Walcott
Lamar Miller
Noble Willingham
Leroy Mason
Lonny Chapman
Gardner
Bert Freed
Sam Dakin
Bob Hannah
Jed Buffum
Edith Ivey
Louise Pickens
Scott Lawton
Craig
Frank McRae
James Brown
Gerry Okuneff
Pinkerton Man
Gina Kaye Pounders
Millie
Henry Slate
Policeman
Melissa Ann Wait
Alice
Joe Dorsey
Woodrow Thompson
Sherry Velvet Foster
Velma Stackhouse
Weona T. Brown
Hot Dog Vendor
Carolyn Danforth
Mavis Pruitt
James W. Harris
Mill Worker
Charlie Briggs
Warren Latting
Billie Joyce Buck
Agnes Roy
Fred Covington
Alston Purvis
J. Don Ferguson
Peter Gallat
Sandra Dorsey
Jail Matron
Harold E. Finch
Agent
Clayton Landey
Teddy Bob Keeler
Bill Pannell
Billy Stettin
George R. Robertson
Farmer
Thomas D. Samford III
Justice of the Peace
Roy Tatum
Woodrow Bowser
Paul Ellen
TV Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Michael Ray
TV Reporter (uncredited)
Martin Ritt
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Writing
Directing
Martin Ritt
Director
H. Bud Otto
Script Supervisor
James Nicholson
Assistant Director
Skip Surguine
Second Assistant Director
Camera
Production
Editing
Sound
David Shire
Original Music Composer
David Shire
Songs
Paul Wells
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Douglas O. Williams
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
William Hartman
Sound Editor
Theodore Soderberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Sperber
Sound Editor
Norman Gimbel
Sound
Godfrey Marks
Dialogue Editor
Art
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Tracy Bousman
Art Direction
Gregory Garrison
Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
William Turner
Makeup Artist
Elaina P. Schulman
Hairstylist
Tom Ellingwood
Makeup Artist
Lola 'Skip' McNalley
Hairstylist
Crew