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Cast verified as complete
Sally Field | ... |
Norma Rae
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Beau Bridges | ... |
Sonny
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Ron Leibman | ... |
Reuben
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Pat Hingle | ... |
Vernon
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Barbara Baxley | ... |
Leona
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Gail Strickland | ... |
Bonnie Mae
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Morgan Paull | ... |
Wayne Billings
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Robert Broyles | ... |
Sam Bolen
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John Calvin | ... |
Ellis Harper
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Booth Colman | ... |
Dr. Watson
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Lee de Broux | ... |
Lujan
(as Lee DeBroux)
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James Luisi | ... |
George Benson
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Vernon Weddle | ... |
Reverend Hubbard
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Gilbert Green | ... |
Al Landon
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Bob Minor | ... |
Lucius White
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Mary Munday | ... |
Mrs. Johnson
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Jack Stryker | ... |
J.J. Davis
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Gregory Walcott | ... |
Lamar Miller
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Noble Willingham | ... |
Leroy Mason
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Lonny Chapman | ... |
Gardner
(as Lonnie Chapman)
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Bert Freed | ... |
Sam Dakin
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Bob Hannah | ... |
Jed Buffum
(as Bob E. Hannah)
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Edith Ivey | ... |
Louise Pickens
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Scott Lawton | ... |
Craig
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Frank McRae | ... |
James Brown
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Gerry Okuneff | ... |
Pinkerton Man
(as Gerald Okuneff)
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Gina Kaye Pounders | ... |
Millie
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Henry Slate | ... |
Policeman
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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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Grace Zabriskie | ... |
Linette Odum
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Stuart Culpepper | ... |
Ray Towner
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Weona T. Brown | ... |
Hot Dog Vendor
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Carolyn Danforth | ... |
Mavis Pruitt
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James W. Harris | ... |
Mill Worker
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Charlie Briggs | ... |
Warren Latting
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Billie Joyce Buck | ... |
Agnes Roy
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Fred Covington | ... |
Alston Purvis
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J. Don Ferguson | ... |
Peter Gallat
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Sandra Dorsey | ... |
Jail Matron
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Harold E. Finch | ... |
Agent
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Clayton Landey | ... |
Teddy Bob Keeler
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Bill Pannell | ... |
Billy Stettin
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George R. Robertson | ... |
Farmer
(as George Robertson)
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Thomas D. Samford III | ... |
Justice of the Peace
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Roy Tatum | ... |
Woodrow Bowser
(as J. Roy Tatum)
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Paul Ellen | ... |
TV Reporter (uncredited)
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Jerry Michael Ray | ... |
TV Reporter (uncredited)
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Martin Ritt | ... |
Factory Worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
Martin Ritt |
Written by
Irving Ravetch | ... | (screenplay) and |
Harriet Frank Jr. | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Tamara Asseyev | ... | producer |
Alexandra Rose | ... | producer (as Alex Rose) |
Music by
David Shire |
Cinematography by
John A. Alonzo | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Sidney Levin | ... | (edited by) |
Editorial Department
Margaret Adachi | ... | assistant editor |
Cliffe Oland | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Jane Feinberg | ||
Mike Fenton |
Production Design by
Walter Scott Herndon |
Art Direction by
Tracy Bousman |
Set Decoration by
Gregory Garrison |
Makeup Department
Tom Ellingwood | ... | makeup |
Lola 'Skip' McNalley | ... | hair stylist |
William Turner | ... | makeup |
Elaina P. Schulman | ... | key hair stylist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Jack Terry | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Nicholson | ... | assistant director |
Skip Surguine | ... | second assistant director (as Glenn 'Skip' Surguine) |
Art Department
Dudley Holmes | ... | property master (as R. Dudley 'Ace' Holmes) |
Richard Reseigne | ... | construction coordinator |
Sound Department
Bruce Bisenz | ... | production sound mixer |
William Hartman | ... | sound editor |
Godfrey Marks | ... | dialogue editor |
Theodore Soderberg | ... | re-recording mixer |
Richard Sperber | ... | sound editor |
Paul Wells | ... | re-recording mixer |
Douglas O. Williams | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
William Van der Byl | ... | special effects (as William Van Der Byl) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Gary R. Dodd | ... | key grip (as Gary Dodd) |
Earl Gilbert | ... | gaffer |
John Toll | ... | camera operator |
Horace Jordan | ... | first assistant camera (uncredited) |
Don Smetzer | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael J. Harte | ... | costumer: men's |
Agnes Lyon | ... | costumer: ladies' (as Agnes J. Lyon) |
Location Management
James Koehler | ... | location auditor |
Music Department
Robert H. Raff | ... | music editor (as Robert Raff) |
David Shire | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Louise Di Tullio | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
H. Bud Otto | ... | script supervisor (as H. 'Bud' Otto) |
Transportation Department
Jerry F. Johnson | ... | transportation coordinator (as Jerry Johnson) |
Tom Teeple | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Golda David | ... | assistant: Martin Ritt |
Alan Ladd Jr. | ... | presenter |
Marilyn Tasso | ... | production coordinator |
Scott MacDonough | ... | unit publicist (uncredited) |
Dan Perri | ... | title designer: main titles (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Twentieth Century Fox (produced by) (a Martin Ritt/Rose and Asseyev production)
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1979) (United States) (theatrical) (as 20th Century Fox) (released by)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1979) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1979) (France) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1979) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Fox-Stockholm Film Distribution (1979) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1979) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Filmes Castello Lopes (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1981) (United States) (tv)
- 20th Century Fox Argentina (1984) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- CBS/Fox Video (1985) (Belgium) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox (1985) (United States) (VHS)
- CBS / Fox Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox (Argentina) (VHS)
- Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Fox Video (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Action Cinémas (2011) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
- Concorde Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Concorde Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox India (1980) (India) (theatrical) (as 20th Century Fox Corporation)
- City Film (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Fox Columbia Film Distributors (1979) (Australia) (theatrical)
- CBS/Fox Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Panavision (photographic equipment by)
- The Alabama Film Commission (our thanks for the co-operation and assistance of)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Like a lot of her family before her, Norma Rae works at the local textile mill, where the pay is hardly commensurate with the long hours and lousy working conditions. But after hearing a rousing speech by labor activist Reuben, Norma is inspired to rally her fellow workers behind the cause of unionism. Her decision rankles her family, especially her fiancé, Sonny, and provokes no shortage of contempt from her employers. Written by Jwelch5742 |
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Taglines | The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right. See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The film is based on a real-life union organizing campaign at J.P. Stevens Mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Norma Rae is based on Crystal Lee Sutton. Reuben Warshowsky, the union organizer, is based on Eli Zivkovich, a 55-year-old former West Virginia coal miner. In 1974, thanks to the efforts of Sutton and Zivkovich, workers at J.P. Stevens Mill voted to join the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. However, it took 10 years for the union to get a contract. Some real-life events are re-created verbatim in the movie, including Norma Rae holding up the "UNION" sign and the plant workers shutting down their machines, and Norma Rae waking up her children to tell them about her relationships with their fathers. See more » |
Goofs | When Norma Rae and Sonny are on their first date Sonny's hair is parted in the middle. When they leave the bar together with Reuben Sonny's hair is parted on the far right. It never appears that way again. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Buddy Hackett/Sally Field/Eubie Blake (1979). See more » |
Soundtracks | It Goes Like It Goes See more » |
Quotes |
Norma Rae Webster:
Forget it! I'm stayin' right where I am. It's gonna take you and the police department and the fire department and the National Guard to get me outta here! See more » |