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.
1983
Rated
R
131
minutes
Drama, Thriller
Directed By:
Mike Nichols
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.
Language
English
Release Date
December 14, 1983
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$35,600,000
Cast
Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens
Cher
Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
Winston
Fred Ward
Morgan
Diana Scarwid
Angela
Ron Silver
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer
Max Richter
Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice
Henderson Forsythe
Quincy Bissell
E. Katherine Kerr
Gilda Schultz
Bruce McGill
Mace Hurley
David Strathairn
Wesley
J.C. Quinn
Curtis Schultz
Kent Broadhurst
Carl
Richard Hamilton
Georgie
Les Lannom
Jimmy
M. Emmet Walsh
Walt Yarborough
Graham Jarvis
Doctor at Union Meeting
James Rebhorn
Los Alamos Doctor
Bill Cobbs
Man in Lunchroom
Ray Baker
Pete Dawson
Will Patton
Joe
Tom Stovall
3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Drew Stephens
Waiter (uncredited)
Tess Harper
Linda Dawson
Anthony Heald
2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Gary Grubbs
Randy Fox
Show Full Crew
Production
Mike Nichols
Producer
Michael Hausman
Producer
Tom Stovall
Associate Producer
Mary Goldberg
Casting
Richard Brick
Production Manager
Joel Tuber
Associate Producer
Buzz Hirsch
Executive Producer
Larry Cano
Executive Producer
Herb Jellinek
Executive In Charge Of Production
Directing
Editing
Sound
Writing
Camera
Costume & Make-Up
Art
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Production Design
Derek R. Hill
Set Decoration
Ken Walker
Assistant Property Master
Dennis W. Peeples
Set Decoration
Russ Goble
Property Master
John Dapper
Assistant Art Director
Pam Hausman
Assistant Production Design
Crew