Silkwood
- Released on
Drama, Thriller
•- Runtime
- 131 mins
(329 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Meryl Streep
- Kurt Russell
- Cher
- Craig T. Nelson
- Fred Ward
- Diana Scarwid
- Ron Silver
- Charles Hallahan
- Josef Sommer
- Sudie Bond
- Henderson Forsythe
- E. Katherine Kerr
- Bruce McGill
- David Strathairn
- J.C. Quinn
- Kent Broadhurst
- Richard Hamilton
- Les Lannom
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Graham Jarvis
- James Rebhorn
- Bill Cobbs
- Ray Baker
- Will Patton
- Tom Stovall
- Drew Stephens
- Tess Harper
- Anthony Heald
- Gary Grubbs
Director
- Mike Nichols
Producers
- Mike Nichols
- Michael Hausman
Screenwriter
- Nora Ephron
- Alice Arlen
