Silkwood

Dec 14, 1983

2h 11m

★ 6.9

On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.

Overview

Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ABC Motion Pictures

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Cast

Karen Silkwood

Meryl Streep

Drew Stephens

Kurt Russell

Dolly Pelliker

Cher

Winston

Craig T. Nelson

Morgan

Fred Ward

Angela

Diana Scarwid

Paul Stone

Ron Silver

Earl Lapin

Charles Hallahan

Max Richter

Josef Sommer

Thelma Rice

Sudie Bond

Quincy Bissell

Henderson Forsythe

Gilda Schultz

E. Katherine Kerr

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