Silkwood (1983)

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. 1983-12-14 United States of America 131 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Meryl Streep is Karen Silkwood
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell is Drew Stephens
Drew Stephens
Cher is Dolly Pelliker
Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson is Winston
Winston
Fred Ward is Morgan
Morgan
Diana Scarwid is Angela
Angela
Ron Silver is Paul Stone
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan is Earl Lapin
Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer is Max Richter
Max Richter
Sudie Bond is Thelma Rice
Thelma Rice
Henderson Forsythe is Quincy Bissell
Quincy Bissell
E. Katherine Kerr is Gilda Schultz
Gilda Schultz

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