Silkwood
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1983-12-14
Runtime: 131 mins
Director: Mike Nichols
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: Silkwood
Production Companies: ABC Motion Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Meryl Streep
Kurt Russell
Cher
Craig T. Nelson
Fred Ward
Diana Scarwid
Ron Silver
Charles Hallahan
Josef Sommer
Sudie Bond
Henderson Forsythe
E. Katherine Kerr
Bruce McGill
David Strathairn
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