Silkwood

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.

1983 en 131 minutes

Rating: 6.9

Plot

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.

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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

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn

Los Alamos Doctor

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Man in Lunchroom

Ray Baker

Ray Baker

Pete Dawson

Will Patton

Will Patton

Joe

Tom Stovall

Tom Stovall

3rd Los Alamos Doctor

Drew Stephens

Drew Stephens

Waiter (uncredited)

Tess Harper

Tess Harper

Linda Dawson

Anthony Heald

Anthony Heald

2nd Doctor at Union Meeting

Gary Grubbs

Gary Grubbs

Randy Fox

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