Silkwood

Silkwood

131 mins | Drama, Thriller | Dec. 14, 1983

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.

Silkwood

131 mins | Drama, Thriller | Dec. 14, 1983

Silkwood
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers ABC Pictures
Original title Silkwood
Directors Joel Tuber, Mike Nichols, Michael Hausman
Writers Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron

Cast

Meryl Streep

as Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell

as Drew Stephens

Cher

as Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson

as Winston

Fred Ward

as Morgan

Diana Scarwid

as Angela

Ron Silver

as Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan

as Earl Lapin

Josef Sommer

as Max Richter

Sudie Bond

as Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe

as Quincy Bissell

E. Katherine Kerr

as Gilda Schultz

Bruce McGill

as Mace Hurley

David Strathairn

as Wesley

J. C. Quinn

as Curtis Schultz

Kent Broadhurst

as Carl

Richard Hamilton

as Georgie

Les Lannom

as Jimmy

M. Emmet Walsh

as Walt Yarborough

Graham Jarvis

as Doctor at Union Meeting

James Rebhorn

as Los Alamos Doctor

Bill Cobbs

as Man in Lunchroom

Ray Baker

as Pete Dawson

Will Patton

as Joe

Tom Stovall

as 3rd Los Alamos Doctor

Drew Stephens

as Waiter (uncredited)

Tess Harper

as Linda Dawson