Silkwood

Mike Nichols
1983-12-14

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.
6.949
131 min

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

Name Character Team
Meryl Streep Karen Silkwood Goutbreak
Kurt Russell Drew Stephens Calvin and Nobbs
Cher Dolly Pelliker Unowned
Craig T. Nelson Winston Unowned
Fred Ward Morgan Unowned
Diana Scarwid Angela Unowned
Ron Silver Paul Stone Unowned
Charles Hallahan Earl Lapin Unowned
Josef Sommer Max Richter Unowned
Sudie Bond Thelma Rice Unowned
Henderson Forsythe Quincy Bissell Unowned
E. Katherine Kerr Gilda Schultz Unowned
Bruce McGill Mace Hurley Unowned
David Strathairn Wesley Zac E. Chan
J.C. Quinn Curtis Schultz Unowned
Kent Broadhurst Carl Unowned
Richard Hamilton Georgie Unowned
Les Lannom Jimmy Unowned
M. Emmet Walsh Walt Yarborough Unowned
Graham Jarvis Doctor at Union Meeting Unowned
James Rebhorn Los Alamos Doctor Unowned
Bill Cobbs Man in Lunchroom Unowned
Ray Baker Pete Dawson Unowned
Will Patton Joe Goutbreak
Tom Stovall 3rd Los Alamos Doctor Unowned
Drew Stephens Waiter (uncredited) Unowned
Tess Harper Linda Dawson Unowned
Anthony Heald 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting Unowned
Gary Grubbs Randy Fox Unowned