Silkwood

"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.

Director: Mike Nichols

Cast

Meryl Streep

Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell

Drew Stephens

Cher

Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson

Winston

Fred Ward

Morgan

Diana Scarwid

Angela

Ron Silver

Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan

Earl Lapin