Movie · 1979
The China Syndrome
“People who know the meaning of "The China Syndrome" are scared... Soon you will know.”
Released 16 March 1979 122 min Drama / Thriller More from 1979 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
FR·01
How old were they?
Paul Larson
as D.B. Royce
James Karen
as Mac Churchill
Jack Lemmon
as Jack Godell
Scott Brady
as Herman De Young
Peter Donat
as Don Jacovich
Richard Herd
as Evan McCormack
Donald Hotton
as Dr. Lowell
Wilford Brimley
as Ted Spindler
Lewis Arquette
as Hatcher
James Hampton
as Bill Gibson
Jane Fonda
as Kimberly Wells
Michael Alaimo
as Greg Minor
Michael Douglas
as Richard Adams
Darrell Larson
as Young Demonstrator
Daniel Valdez
as Hector Salas
Stan Bohrman
as Pete Martin
Khalilah Ali
as Marge
FR·02
The numbers
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Paul Larson — oldest on the call sheet
28Darrell Larson — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast