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.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 11m
- Director Mike Nichols
- Genres Drama
- Rating 6.9/10 (365 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Meryl Streep
as Karen Silkwood
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Kurt Russell
as Drew Stephens
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Cher
as Dolly Pelliker
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Craig T. Nelson
as Winston
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Fred Ward
as Morgan
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Diana Scarwid
as Angela
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Ron Silver
as Paul Stone
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Charles Hallahan
as Earl Lapin
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Josef Sommer
as Max Richter
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Sudie Bond
as Thelma Rice
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Henderson Forsythe
as Quincy Bissell
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E. Katherine Kerr
as Gilda Schultz
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Bruce McGill
as Mace Hurley
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David Strathairn
as Wesley
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J.C. Quinn
as Curtis Schultz
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Kent Broadhurst
as Carl
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Richard Hamilton
as Georgie
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Les Lannom
as Jimmy
Crew
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Mike Nichols
Director
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Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
- Sam O'Steen Editor
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Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
- Michael Hausman Producer
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Mike Nichols
Producer
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Alice Arlen
Writer
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Nora Ephron
Writer
