

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
A plutonium processing plant worker is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured, and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing safety violations.
Movie Details
Budget
$10.0M
$10,000,000
Revenue
$35.6M
$35,616,970
Languages
English
Studio
ABC Motion Pictures
Key Crew

Mike Nichols
Director

Nora Ephron
Screenplay

Mike Nichols
Producer
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

Josef Sommer
Max Richter

Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe
Quincy Bissell

E. Katherine Kerr
Gilda Schultz

Bruce McGill
Mace Hurley

David Strathairn
Wesley

J.C. Quinn
Curtis Schultz

Kent Broadhurst
Carl

Richard Hamilton
Georgie

Les Lannom
Jimmy

M. Emmet Walsh
Walt Yarborough

Graham Jarvis
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