

Information
Release DateDecember 14, 1983
Runtime2h 11m
StatusReleased
Budget$10M
Revenue$36M
ProductionABC Motion Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
6.9
329 votesPopularity1
Silkwood
"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."
Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
Director

Featured Cast

Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens

Cher
Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson
Winston

Fred Ward
Morgan