Norma Rae is a young Southern woman working at a cotton mill where poor working conditions take a toll on her health and that of her family. She is also a single mother with two children by different fathers, one dead and the other negligent, and frequently has flings with other men to alleviate her loneliness and boredom. Two men enter her life that change her perspective. A former co-worker, Sonny Webster, asks her out after earlier causing trouble for her at the mill. And after a few charged encounters with a New York union organizer, Reuben Warshowsky, Norma Rae listens to him deliver a speech that spurs her to join the effort to unionize her shop. Wanting to reform working conditions, Norma leads a shutdown despite the opposition of her family and employers.
Cast: Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Sally Field
Crew: Martin Ritt (Director), John A Alonzo (Director of Photography), David Shire (Music Director)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 02 Mar 1979 (United States)
Tagline: The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
Did you know? The dialogue was hard to hear over the sound of the machines at the mill, posing a challenge during filming. Read More
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as Sonny Webster
as Reuben Warshowsky
as Norma Rae
as Leona Wichard
as Sam Dakin
as Jed Buffum
as Lucius White
as Dr. Watson
as Louise Pickens
as Bonnie Mae
as Lamar Miller
as George Benson
as Ellis Harper
as Lujan
as Gardner
as Wayne Billings
as Leroy Mason
as Vernon Wichard
as Reverend Hubbard
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Taglines:
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
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Trivia:
The actors Sally Field and Beau Bridges worked in a factory in order to research their roles.
Sally Field accidentally broke the rib of an actor playing one of the policemen in the scene where Norma struggles not to be put in the police car.
The movie is inspired by a real-life union organizing campaign at J.P. Stevens Mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
The dialogue was hard to hear over the sound of the machines at the mill, posing a challenge during filming.
Sally Field accidentally broke the rib of an actor playing one of the policemen in the scene where Norma struggles not to be put in the police car.
The movie is inspired by a real-life union organizing campaign at J.P. Stevens Mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
The dialogue was hard to hear over the sound of the machines at the mill, posing a challenge during filming.
