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.
Full Cast of Silkwood
Meryl Streep
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Diana Scarwid
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Bruce McGill
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David Strathairn
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Will Patton
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Stephanie D'Abruzzo
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Tom Stovall
Drew Stephens
Crew of Silkwood
Full backstage crew list →- Released on December 14, 1983