Norma Rae

Name: Norma Rae
Director: Martin Ritt
Released: 1979-03-02

1979 · 1h 50m

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Directed by Martin Ritt

Synopsis

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.

Awards

52nd Academy Awards· 1980

Actress in a Leading RoleSally FieldWon
Music (Original Song)It Goes Like It Goes — Norman GimbelWon
Best PictureTamara Asseyev Alex Rose
Writing (Adapted)By Hank Leiferman, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch

Details

Released: 2 March 1979
Runtime: 1h 50m
Director: Martin Ritt
Writers: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Budget: $4,500,000
Box office: $22,228,000
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Production: 20th Century Fox, Martin Ritt Productions, Rose and Asseyev Productions

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Cast

Sally Field Won
Ron Leibman
Beau Bridges
Pat Hingle
Barbara Baxley
Gail Strickland
Morgan Paull
RRobert Broyles
John Calvin
Booth Colman