Norma Rae (1979)
Basada en hechos reales, narra el proceso de concienciación política de una mujer y su compromiso con la lucha sindical. Norma Rae (Sally Field), una obrera de una fábrica textil del sur de Estados Unidos, pasa por momentos difíciles tras la muerte de su marido. Cuando llega a la ciudad un líder sindical que se propone formar un sindicato en la fábrica, la vida de Norma cambia por completo: participa en la lucha laboral y se casa con un compañero de trabajo. Convertida en líder sindicalista, tendrá que enfrentarse a enormes dificultades para implantar un sindicato en su fábrica.
Directora:
Martin Ritt
Escritores:
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr..
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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 | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Douglas O. Williams | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Skip Surguine | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bruce Bisenz | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Sperber | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Cliffe Oland | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | H. Bud Otto | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | William Van der Byl | Special Effects |
| Art | Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lola 'Skip' McNalley | Hairstylist |
| Art | Gregory Garrison | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Wells | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Margaret Adachi | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Tracy Bousman | Art Direction |
| Directing | James Nicholson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | William Hartman | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaina P. Schulman | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Godfrey Marks | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Tamara Asseyev | Producer |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Production | Alexandra Rose | Producer |
| Production | Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Norman Gimbel | Sound |
| Writing | Norman Gimbel | Lyricist |
| Sound | David Shire | Songs |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |