Silkwood
1983
Movie Information
Overview
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.
Release Date
December 14, 1983
Director
Mike Nichols
Runtime
2h 11m
Cast
Meryl StreepKurt RussellCherCraig T. NelsonFred WardDiana ScarwidRon SilverCharles HallahanJosef SommerSudie Bond
Production
ABC Motion Pictures
Genres
DramaThriller