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Silkwood
1983 6.9 (326 votes) 2h 11m
Genres
Drama Thriller
Production Companies
ABC Motion Pictures

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.

Overview

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Key Crew

Director: Mike Nichols

Screenplay: Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen

Producer: Michael Hausman, Mike Nichols

Director of Photography: Miroslav Ondříček

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

Videos

Silkwood Official Trailer #1 - Meryl Streep Movie (1983) HD

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