Silkwood

(1983)

Synopsis

A dramatization of the life of Karen Silkwood, a worker at an Oklahoma plutonium plant who became contaminated by radiation and who had been pushing for better safety conditions when she died under mysterious circumstances in a 1974 car crash.

Directors

Mike Nichols, Bob Mills, Georges Delerue, Mary Goldberg, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols, Sam O'Steen, Ann Roth, Tom Stovall, Richard James

Production year

1983

Rating

R

Studio

Walt Disney Pictures

Runtime

128 minutes

Cast

Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid