

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.
Drama
Thriller
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1983-12-14
Runtime:
2h 11m
Director:
Mike Nichols
Writer:
Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
Top Cast

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
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