Norma Rae (1979)1h50
Drama
Director Martin Ritt (7.1 avg)
Also directed Hud, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Hombre, and 22 more
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.
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Cast
Sally Field
Ron Leibman
Beau Bridges
Pat Hingle
Barbara Baxley
Gail Strickland
Morgan Paull
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