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Norma Rae
Director: Martin Ritt (Dir)
Release Date:   1979
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles and New York openings: 2 Mar 1979
Duration (in mins):   114
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Cast:   Sally Field (Norma Rae)  
    Ron Leibman (Reuben)  
    Beau Bridges (Sonny)  
    Pat Hingle (Vernon)  
    Barbara Baxley (Leona)  
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.  
Distribution Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.  
Director: Martin Ritt (Dir)
Producer: Tamara Asseyev (Prod)
  Alex Rose (Prod)
Writer: Irving Ravetch (Scr)
  Harriet Frank Jr. (Scr)
Photography: John A. Alonzo (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: Walter Scott Herndon (Prod des)
Film Editor: Sidney Levin (Film ed)
Music: David Shire (Mus comp)
MPAA Rating: PG
Country: United States
Language: English
Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 3/4/1979 dd/mm/yyyy PA31596
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Genre: Drama
Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Hollywood Reporter   21 Feb 1979   p. 3, 15.
Los Angeles Times   25 Feb 1979   p. 37.
New York Times   2 Mar 1979   p. 10.
Variety   28 Feb 1979   p. 20.
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