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.
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.
Made in US
6.9/10
1983
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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
Anthony Heald
As 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Gary Grubbs
As Randy Fox
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