Silkwood(1983)

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.

69

2h 11m

  • Drama,
  • Thriller

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.

Cast

  • Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep

    Karen Silkwood

  • Kurt Russell

    Kurt Russell

    Drew Stephens

  • Cher

    Cher

    Dolly Pelliker

  • Craig T. Nelson

    Craig T. Nelson

    Winston

  • Fred Ward

    Fred Ward

    Morgan

  • Diana Scarwid

    Diana Scarwid

    Angela

  • Ron Silver

    Ron Silver

    Paul Stone

  • Charles Hallahan

    Charles Hallahan

    Earl Lapin

  • Josef Sommer

    Josef Sommer

    Max Richter

  • Sudie Bond

    Sudie Bond

    Thelma Rice

  • Henderson Forsythe

    Henderson Forsythe

    Quincy Bissell

  • E. Katherine Kerr

    E. Katherine Kerr

    Gilda Schultz

  • Bruce McGill

    Bruce McGill

    Mace Hurley

  • David Strathairn

    David Strathairn

    Wesley

  • J.C. Quinn

    J.C. Quinn

    Curtis Schultz

  • Kent Broadhurst

    Kent Broadhurst

    Carl

  • Richard Hamilton

    Richard Hamilton

    Georgie

  • Les Lannom

    Les Lannom

    Jimmy

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    M. Emmet Walsh

    Walt Yarborough

  • Graham Jarvis

    Graham Jarvis

    Doctor at Union Meeting

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    Status

    Released (Dec 14, 1983)

    Budget

    $10,000,000

    Revenue

    $35,600,000

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