Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Biography / Drama / Thriller /  more » Awards: Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.1 (6,074 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: 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.  more »

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Filmmakers: Mike Nichols - Director / Producer, Nora Ephron - Writer, Alice Arlen - Writer, Michael Hausman - Producer, Miroslav Ondricek¹ - Cinematographer, Georges Delerue - Composer, Patrizia Von Brandenstein¹ - Production Designer, Sam O'Steen - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Meryl Streep ... Karen Silkwood	123
	Kurt Russell ... Drew Stephens	391
	Cher ... Dolly Pelliker	1,806
	Craig T. Nelson ... Winston	2,271
	Fred Ward ... Morgan	3,303