Silkwood (1983)
Kernel Score: 75% · 343 ratings
Genres: Drama
Released: 1983-12-14
Runtime: 131 minutes
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.
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Cast
- Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood
- Kurt Russell as Drew Stephens
- Cher as Dolly Pelliker
- Craig T. Nelson as Winston
- Fred Ward as Morgan
- Diana Scarwid as Angela
- Ron Silver as Paul Stone
- Charles Hallahan as Earl Lapin
- Josef Sommer as Max Richter
- Sudie Bond as Thelma Rice