Movie
Silkwood
Released: December 14, 1983 (1983)
Runtime: 131 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Sudie Bond as Thelma Rice
Age at release: 55
- Josef Sommer as Max Richter
Age at release: 49
- Fred Ward as Morgan
Age at release: 40
- Charles Hallahan as Earl Lapin
Age at release: 40
- Craig T. Nelson as Winston
Age at release: 39
- Cher as Dolly Pelliker
Age at release: 37
- Ron Silver as Paul Stone
Age at release: 37
- Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood
Age at release: 34
- Kurt Russell as Drew Stephens
Age at release: 32
- Diana Scarwid as Angela
Age at release: 28
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- Henderson Forsythe as Quincy Bissell
Age at release: 66
- Richard Hamilton as Georgie
Age at release: 62
- Graham Jarvis as Doctor at Union Meeting
Age at release: 53
- Bill Cobbs as Man in Lunchroom
Age at release: 49
- M. Emmet Walsh as Walt Yarborough
Age at release: 48
- J.C. Quinn as Curtis Schultz
Age at release: 43
- Kent Broadhurst as Carl
Age at release: 43
- Anthony Heald as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Age at release: 39
- Les Lannom as Jimmy
Age at release: 37
- James Rebhorn as Los Alamos Doctor
Age at release: 35
- Ray Baker as Pete Dawson
Age at release: 35
- David Strathairn as Wesley
Age at release: 34
- Gary Grubbs as Randy Fox
Age at release: 34
- Bruce McGill as Mace Hurley
Age at release: 33
- Tess Harper as Linda Dawson
Age at release: 33
- Will Patton as Joe
Age at release: 29
- E. Katherine Kerr as Gilda Schultz
Age at release: Unknown
- Tom Stovall as 3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Age at release: Unknown
- Drew Stephens as Waiter (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown