Released:
1983-12-14

Overview:
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.

Director:
Mike Nichols

Runtime:
2h 11min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Meryl Streep
  as
  Karen Silkwood
• 
  Kurt Russell
  as
  Drew Stephens
• 
  Cher
  as
  Dolly Pelliker
• 
  Craig T. Nelson
  as
  Winston
• 
  Fred Ward
  as
  Morgan