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Cast
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Meryl Streep | As: Karen Silkwood |
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Kurt Russell | As: Drew Stephens |
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Cher | As: Dolly Pelliker |
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Craig T. Nelson | As: Winston |
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Fred Ward | As: Morgan |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | 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. |
| Certification: | R |
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 |
Directed By
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Mike Nichols |
Director |
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Joel Tuber |
Second Assistant Director |
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Michael Hausman |
First Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Nora Ephron |
Screenplay |
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Alice Arlen |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
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Larry Cano |
Executive Producer |
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Mike Nichols |
Producer |
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Buzz Hirsch |
Executive Producer |
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Michael Hausman |
Producer |
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Mary Goldberg |
Casting |
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Joel Tuber |
Associate Producer |
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Tom Stovall |
Associate Producer |
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Richard Brick |
Production Manager |
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Herb Jellinek |
Executive In Charge Of Production |
Edited By
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Sam O'Steen |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Ann Roth |
Costume Design |
Sound
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Georges Delerue |
Original Music Composer |
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Tom Fleischman |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Miroslav Ondříček |
Director of Photography |
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Tom Priestley Jr. |
Camera Operator |
Lighting
Art Department
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Patrizia von Brandenstein |
Production Design |
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Pam Hausman |
Assistant Production Design |
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Russ Goble |
Property Master |
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Derek R. Hill |
Set Decoration |
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Ken Walker |
Assistant Property Master |
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John Dapper |
Assistant Art Director |
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Dennis W. Peeples |
Set Decoration |
Other Crew
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Gary Paul |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Dick Warlock |
Stunt Double |
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Randy Fife |
Stunts |
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