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.

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19832h 11m

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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Photo of Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Karen Silkwood

Photo of Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Drew Stephens

Photo of Cher

Cher

Dolly Pelliker

Photo of Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Morgan

Photo of Ron Silver

Ron Silver

Paul Stone

Photo of Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Max Richter

Photo of Sudie Bond

Sudie Bond

Thelma Rice

Photo of Henderson Forsythe

Henderson Forsythe

Quincy Bissell

Photo of E. Katherine Kerr

E. Katherine Kerr

Gilda Schultz

Photo of Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Mace Hurley

Photo of J.C. Quinn

J.C. Quinn

Curtis Schultz

Photo of M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Walt Yarborough

Photo of Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

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