The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1979
Norma Rae
Directed by
Martin Ritt
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Sally FieldNorma Rae
Ron LeibmanReuben
Beau BridgesSonny
Pat HingleVernon
Barbara BaxleyLeona
Gail StricklandBonnie Mae
Morgan PaullWayne Billings
Robert BroylesSam Bolen
John CalvinEllis Harper
Booth ColmanDr. Watson
Lee de BrouxLujan
James LuisiGeorge Benson
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Vernon WeddleReverend Hubbard
Gilbert GreenAl Landon
Bob MinorLucius White
Grace ZabriskieLinette Odum
Stuart CulpepperRay Towner
Mary MundayMrs. Johnson
Jack StrykerJ.J. Davis
Gregory WalcottLamar Miller
Noble WillinghamLeroy Mason
Lonny ChapmanGardner
Bert FreedSam Dakin
Bob HannahJed Buffum
Edith IveyLouise Pickens
Scott LawtonCraig
Frank McRaeJames Brown
Gerry OkuneffPinkerton Man
Gina Kaye PoundersMillie
Henry SlatePoliceman
Melissa Ann WaitAlice
Joe DorseyWoodrow Thompson
Sherry Velvet FosterVelma Stackhouse
Weona T. BrownHot Dog Vendor
Carolyn DanforthMavis Pruitt
James W. HarrisMill Worker
Charlie BriggsWarren Latting
Billie Joyce BuckAgnes Roy
Fred CovingtonAlston Purvis
J. Don FergusonPeter Gallat
Sandra DorseyJail Matron
Harold E. FinchAgent
Clayton LandeyTeddy Bob Keeler
Bill PannellBilly Stettin
George R. RobertsonFarmer
Thomas D. Samford IIIJustice of the Peace
Roy TatumWoodrow Bowser
Paul EllenTV Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Michael RayTV Reporter (uncredited)
Martin RittFactory Worker (uncredited)
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