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Movie Age rating in United States of America: R

Silkwood (1983)

Dec 14, 1983 · 2h 11m

6.9/10 TMDB user score
369 votes on TMDB

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.

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Top cast

  • Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Karen Silkwood
  • Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Drew Stephens
  • Cher Cher Dolly Pelliker
  • Craig T. Nelson Craig T. Nelson Winston
  • Fred Ward Fred Ward Morgan
  • Diana Scarwid Diana Scarwid Angela
  • Ron Silver Ron Silver Paul Stone
  • Charles Hallahan Charles Hallahan Earl Lapin
  • Josef Sommer Josef Sommer Max Richter
  • Sudie Bond Sudie Bond Thelma Rice
  • Henderson Forsythe Henderson Forsythe Quincy Bissell
  • E. Katherine Kerr E. Katherine Kerr Gilda Schultz
  • Bruce McGill Bruce McGill Mace Hurley
  • David Strathairn David Strathairn Wesley
  • J.C. Quinn J.C. Quinn Curtis Schultz
  • Kent Broadhurst Kent Broadhurst Carl

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