Silkwood (1983)
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.
Starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Directed by Mike Nichols
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.
Runtime: 131 min.
Rating: 7.0
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,Thriller
Keywords: plutonium,radiation,oklahoma,research,nuclear power plant,company
Cast
Karen Silkwood
Drew Stephens
Dolly Pelliker
Winston
Morgan
Angela
Paul Stone
Earl Lapin
Max Richter
Thelma Rice
Quincy Bissell
Gilda Schultz
Mace Hurley
Wesley
Curtis Schultz
Carl
Georgie
Jimmy
Walt Yarborough
Doctor at Union Meeting
Los Alamos Doctor
Man in Lunchroom
Pete Dawson
Joe