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Silkwood( 1983)

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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.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Meryl Streep

      Karen Silkwood

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      Kurt Russell

      Drew Stephens

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      Cher

      Dolly Pelliker

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      Craig T. Nelson

      Winston

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      Fred Ward

      Morgan

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      Diana Scarwid

      Angela

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      Ron Silver

      Paul Stone

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      Charles Hallahan

      Earl Lapin

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      Josef Sommer

      Max Richter

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      Sudie Bond

      Thelma Rice

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      Henderson Forsythe

      Quincy Bissell

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      E. Katherine Kerr

      Gilda Schultz

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      Bruce McGill

      Mace Hurley

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      David Strathairn

      Wesley

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      J.C. Quinn

      Curtis Schultz

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      Kent Broadhurst

      Carl

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      Richard Hamilton

      Georgie

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      Les Lannom

      Jimmy

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      M. Emmet Walsh

      Walt Yarborough

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      Graham Jarvis

      Doctor at Union Meeting

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      James Rebhorn

      Los Alamos Doctor

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      Bill Cobbs

      Man in Lunchroom

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      Ray Baker

      Pete Dawson

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      Will Patton

      Joe

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      Tom Stovall

      3rd Los Alamos Doctor

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      Drew Stephens

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Tess Harper

      Linda Dawson

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      Anthony Heald

      2nd Doctor at Union Meeting

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      Gary Grubbs

      Randy Fox

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10000000.00

    Revenue

    35600000.00

    Keywords

    • research
    • plutonium
    • radiation
    • oklahoma
    • nuclear power plant
    • idealism
    • idealist
    • fighting the system