Movie
![Poster of the movie Norma Rae [1979]](/images/posters/1000x1500/0/norma-rae-1979-i-movie-poster.jpg)
1979 Drama
1h 54min
Country | USA |
PG
Tough woman Norma Rae has a lot on her hands, working to the bone at a textile mill in a small southern town and being a newly widow with two young children. The conditions of the workplace is bad, respect of employees is lacking, to sum it up all the workers and Norma is underpaid and overworked. Rae's parents worked at the mill and it took a great toll on both of them. Now working hard and taking care of her ill parents, Norma is frustrated and appalled of the treatment all the laborers and the sickness which bestowed on her parents.
Directed by | Martin Ritt |
Written by | Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. |
Company | 20th Century Fox20th Century Fox20th Century Fox |
Awards
Starring
Sally Field
Beau Bridges
Ron Leibman
Pat Hingle
Barbara Baxley
Gail Strickland
Morgan Paull
Robert Broyles
John Calvin
Booth Colman
Lee de Broux
James Luisi
Vernon Weddle
Gilbert Green
Bob Minor
Mary Munday
Jack Stryker
Gregory Walcott
Noble Willingham
Lonny Chapman
Bert Freed
Bob Hannah
Edith Ivey
Scott Lawton
Frank McRae
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