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.
Genres
Overview
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Details
Budget
$10000000
Revenue
$35600000
Runtime
131 min
Release Date
1983-12-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
329
Vote Average
6.951
Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens
Cher
Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
Winston
Fred Ward
Morgan
Diana Scarwid
Angela
Ron Silver
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer
Max Richter
Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice
Henderson Forsythe
Quincy Bissell
E. Katherine Kerr
Gilda Schultz
Bruce McGill
Mace Hurley
David Strathairn
Wesley
J.C. Quinn
Curtis Schultz
Kent Broadhurst
Carl
Richard Hamilton
Georgie
Les Lannom
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M. Emmet Walsh
Walt Yarborough
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James Rebhorn
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Bill Cobbs
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Ray Baker
Pete Dawson
Will Patton
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Tom Stovall
3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Drew Stephens
Waiter (uncredited)
Tess Harper
Linda Dawson
Anthony Heald
2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Gary Grubbs
Randy Fox
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