Silkwood (1983)

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. 1983-12-14 United States of America 131 Min. PG-13
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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 is Karen Silkwood
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell is Drew Stephens
Drew Stephens
Cher is Dolly Pelliker
Dolly Pelliker
Fred Ward is Morgan
Morgan
Ron Silver is Paul Stone
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan is Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer is Max Richter
Max Richter
Sudie Bond is Thelma Rice
Thelma Rice
Henderson Forsythe is Quincy Bissell
Quincy Bissell
E. Katherine Kerr is Gilda Schultz
Gilda Schultz