Silkwood

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.

Cast

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

Sudie Bond

as Thelma Rice

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