Silkwood

IMDb 6.9 1983 • 131 min • Drama

Director

Mike Nichols

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

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