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Silkwood (1983)

R ★ 6.9/10 131 min Drama United States English
Director: Mike Nichols
Streaming: Not available
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.

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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.

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Top Cast

Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell Drew Stephens
Cher
Cher Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson Winston
Fred Ward
Fred Ward Morgan
Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid Angela
Ron Silver
Ron Silver Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
Charles Hallahan Earl Lapin

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