Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
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
Crew
Mike Nichols
Director, Producer
Nora Ephron
Screenplay
Alice Arlen
Screenplay
Sam O'Steen
Editor
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Michael Hausman
First Assistant Director, Producer
Joel Tuber
Second Assistant Director, Associate Producer
Buzz Hirsch
Executive Producer
Larry Cano
Executive Producer
Tom Stovall
Associate Producer
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Production Design
Tom Priestley Jr.
Camera Operator
Mary Goldberg
Casting
Ann Roth
Costume Design
John Dapper
Assistant Art Director
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Derek R. Hill
Set Decoration
Dennis W. Peeples
Set Decoration
Randy Fife
Stunts
Gary Paul
Stunt Coordinator
Dick Warlock
Stunt Double
Russ Goble
Property Master
Ken Walker
Assistant Property Master
Pam Hausman
Assistant Production Design
Richard Brick
Production Manager
Herb Jellinek
Executive In Charge Of Production
