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14/12/1983 Drama 2h 11m
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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.

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.

  1. Mike Nichols

    Director

  2. Alice Arlen

    Writer

  3. Nora Ephron

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Meryl Streep

    Karen Silkwood

  2. Kurt Russell

    Drew Stephens

  3. Cher

    Dolly Pelliker

  4. Craig T. Nelson

    Winston

  5. Fred Ward

    Morgan

  6. Diana Scarwid

    Angela

  7. Ron Silver

    Paul Stone

  8. Charles Hallahan

    Earl Lapin

  9. Josef Sommer

    Max Richter

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$35,616,970.00

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