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.
1983-12-14 | 131 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Meryl StreepKaren Silkwood
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Kurt RussellDrew Stephens
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CherDolly Pelliker
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Craig T. NelsonWinston
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Fred WardMorgan
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Diana ScarwidAngela
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Ron SilverPaul Stone
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Charles HallahanEarl Lapin
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Josef SommerMax Richter
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Sudie BondThelma Rice
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Henderson ForsytheQuincy Bissell
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E. Katherine KerrGilda Schultz
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Bruce McGillMace Hurley
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David StrathairnWesley
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J.C. QuinnCurtis Schultz
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Kent BroadhurstCarl
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Richard HamiltonGeorgie
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Les LannomJimmy
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M. Emmet WalshWalt Yarborough
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Graham JarvisDoctor at Union Meeting