Storyline
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.
Released
14 December 1983
Runtime
2h 11min
Director
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$35,600,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
ABC Motion Pictures
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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James Rebhorn
Los Alamos Doctor
Bill Cobbs
Man in Lunchroom
Ray Baker
Pete Dawson
Will Patton
Joe
Tom Stovall
3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Drew Stephens
Waiter (uncredited)
Tess Harper
Linda Dawson
Anthony Heald
2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Gary Grubbs
Randy Fox
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