Norma Rae (1979) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Martin Ritt.

Cast

Sally Field as Norma Rae
Ron Leibman as Reuben
Beau Bridges as Sonny
Pat Hingle as Vernon
Barbara Baxley as Leona
Gail Strickland as Bonnie Mae
Morgan Paull as Wayne Billings
Robert Broyles as Sam Bolen
John Calvin as Ellis Harper
Booth Colman as Dr. Watson
Lee de Broux as Lujan
James Luisi as George Benson
Vernon Weddle as Reverend Hubbard
Gilbert Green as Al Landon
Bob Minor as Lucius White
Grace Zabriskie as Linette Odum
Stuart Culpepper as Ray Towner
Mary Munday as Mrs. Johnson
Jack Stryker as J.J. Davis
Gregory Walcott as Lamar Miller
Noble Willingham as Leroy Mason
Lonny Chapman as Gardner
Bert Freed as Sam Dakin
Bob Hannah as Jed Buffum
Edith Ivey as Louise Pickens
Scott Lawton as Craig
Frank McRae as James Brown
Gerry Okuneff as Pinkerton Man
Gina Kaye Pounders as Millie
Henry Slate as Policeman
Melissa Ann Wait as Alice
Joe Dorsey as Woodrow Thompson
Sherry Velvet Foster as Velma Stackhouse
Weona T. Brown as Hot Dog Vendor
Carolyn Danforth as Mavis Pruitt
James W. Harris as Mill Worker
Charlie Briggs as Warren Latting
Billie Joyce Buck as Agnes Roy
Fred Covington as Alston Purvis
J. Don Ferguson as Peter Gallat

Crew

Harriet Frank Jr. — Screenplay
Martin Ritt — Director
Irving Ravetch — Screenplay
Tamara Asseyev — Producer
John A. Alonzo — Director of Photography
Alexandra Rose — Producer
David Shire — Original Music Composer

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