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Silkwood

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.

6.9/10(365)
1983
131 min
Drama

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.

Production

ABC Motion Pictures

Cast & Characters

Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood

Meryl Streep

Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell as Drew Stephens

Kurt Russell

Drew Stephens

Cher as Dolly Pelliker

Cher

Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson as Winston

Craig T. Nelson

Winston

Fred Ward as Morgan

Fred Ward

Morgan

Diana Scarwid as Angela

Diana Scarwid

Angela

Ron Silver as Paul Stone

Ron Silver

Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan as Earl Lapin

Charles Hallahan

Earl Lapin

Josef Sommer as Max Richter

Josef Sommer

Max Richter

Sudie Bond as Thelma Rice

Sudie Bond

Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe as Quincy Bissell

Henderson Forsythe

Quincy Bissell

E. Katherine Kerr as Gilda Schultz

E. Katherine Kerr

Gilda Schultz

Directors & Crew

M

Mike Nichols

Producer

M

Mike Nichols

Director

M

Michael Hausman

Producer

A

Alice Arlen

Writer

N

Nora Ephron

Writer

Screenshots & Stills

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