Norma Rae

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Sally Field Norma Rae

Beau Bridges Sonny

Ron Leibman Reuben

Pat Hingle Vernon

Barbara Baxley Leona