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Silkwood
Silkwood
Director:Mike Nichols
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.
Release:
1983 / 12 / 14
Rating:
6.938
Genres & Subgenres:
Drama
Thriller
Tags:
Meryl Streep
as
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
as
Drew Stephens
Cher
as
Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
as
Winston
Fred Ward
as
Morgan
Diana Scarwid
as
Angela
Ron Silver
as
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
as
Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer
as
Max Richter
Bruce McGill
as
Mace Hurley
David Strathairn
as
Wesley
J.C. Quinn
as
Curtis Schultz
Kent Broadhurst
as
Carl
Richard Hamilton
as
Georgie
M. Emmet Walsh
as
Walt Yarborough
Graham Jarvis
as
Doctor at Union Meeting
James Rebhorn
as
Los Alamos Doctor
Bill Cobbs
as
Man in Lunchroom
Ray Baker
as
Pete Dawson
Will Patton
as
Joe
Tess Harper
as
Linda Dawson
Anthony Heald
as
2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Gary Grubbs
as
Randy Fox