TMDb Rating
6.9/10
339 verified votes
Silkwood (1983)
Drama
131 min
"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."
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaMike NicholsMeryl StreepKurt Russell1983
Director
Mike Nichols
Top Cast
Meryl StreepKurt RussellCherCraig T. NelsonFred Ward
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