Movie · 1983
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.”
Released 14 December 1983 131 min Drama More from 1983 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Henderson Forsythe
as Quincy Bissell
Sudie Bond
as Thelma Rice
Graham Jarvis
as Doctor at Union Meeting
Josef Sommer
as Max Richter
J.C. Quinn
as Curtis Schultz
Kent Broadhurst
as Carl
Fred Ward
as Morgan
Charles Hallahan
as Earl Lapin
Craig T. Nelson
as Winston
Anthony Heald
as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Cher
as Dolly Pelliker
Ron Silver
as Paul Stone
Meryl Streep
as Karen Silkwood
David Strathairn
as Wesley
Gary Grubbs
as Randy Fox
Bruce McGill
as Mace Hurley
Tess Harper
as Linda Dawson
Kurt Russell
as Drew Stephens
Diana Scarwid
as Angela
E. Katherine Kerr
as Gilda Schultz
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The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Henderson Forsythe — oldest on the call sheet
28Diana Scarwid — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast