Norma Rae - Eine Frau steht ihren Mann (1979)
Norma Rae ist Fabrikarbeiterin und alleinerziehende Mutter. Sie wird von ihren Arbeitgebern ausgenutzt und führt ein trostloses Leben. Das ändert sich, als sie einen Gewerkschaftsfunktionär kennenlernt. Durch ihn erkennt sie, dass sie für bessere Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen kämpfen muss. Es gelingt ihr, die anderen Arbeiter zum Kampf gegen die miserablen Arbeitsbedingungen und für bessere Gehälter zu organisieren...
Der Regisseur:
Martin Ritt
Die Autor:
Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch.
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Sally Field as Norma Rae |
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Beau Bridges as Sonny |
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Ron Leibman as Reuben |
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Pat Hingle as Vernon |
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Barbara Baxley as Leona |
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Gail Strickland as Bonnie Mae |
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Morgan Paull as Wayne Billings |
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Robert Broyles as Sam Bolen |
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John Calvin as Ellis Harper |
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Booth Colman as Dr. Watson |
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Lee de Broux as Lujan |
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James Luisi as George Benson |
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Vernon Weddle as Reverend Hubbard |
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Gilbert Green as Al Landon |
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Bob Minor as Lucius White |
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Grace Zabriskie as Linette Odum |
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Stuart Culpepper as Ray Towner |
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Mary Munday as Mrs. Johnson |
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Jack Stryker as J.J. Davis |
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Gregory Walcott as Lamar Miller |
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Noble Willingham as Leroy Mason |
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Lonny Chapman as Gardner |
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Bert Freed as Sam Dakin |
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Bob Hannah as Jed Buffum |
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Edith Ivey as Louise Pickens |
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Scott Lawton as Craig |
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Frank McRae as James Brown |
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Gerry Okuneff as Pinkerton Man |
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Gina Kaye Pounders as Millie |
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Henry Slate as Policeman |
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Melissa Ann Wait as Alice |
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Joe Dorsey as Woodrow Thompson |
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Sherry Velvet Foster as Velma Stackhouse |
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Weona T. Brown as Hot Dog Vendor |
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Carolyn Danforth as Mavis Pruitt |
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James W. Harris as Mill Worker |
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Charlie Briggs as Warren Latting |
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Billie Joyce Buck as Agnes Roy |
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Fred Covington as Alston Purvis |
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J. Don Ferguson as Peter Gallat |
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Sandra Dorsey as Jail Matron |
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Harold E. Finch as Agent |
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Clayton Landey as Teddy Bob Keeler |
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Bill Pannell as Billy Stettin |
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George R. Robertson as Farmer |
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Thomas D. Samford III as Justice of the Peace |
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Roy Tatum as Woodrow Bowser |
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Paul Ellen as TV Reporter (uncredited) |
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Jerry Michael Ray as TV Reporter (uncredited) |
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Martin Ritt as Factory Worker (uncredited) |
| Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Writing | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Crew | William Van der Byl | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lola 'Skip' McNalley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaina P. Schulman | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bruce Bisenz | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Sperber | Sound Editor |
| Sound | William Hartman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Margaret Adachi | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Cliffe Oland | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | James Nicholson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Paul Wells | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | H. Bud Otto | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Art | Tracy Bousman | Art Direction |
| Art | Gregory Garrison | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Skip Surguine | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Douglas O. Williams | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Godfrey Marks | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Tamara Asseyev | Producer |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Alexandra Rose | Producer |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Production | Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Sound | Norman Gimbel | Sound |
| Sound | David Shire | Songs |
| Writing | Norman Gimbel | Lyricist |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |