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  • Available in theaters: December 14, 1983

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Cast & Crew

Mike Nichols
Director
M. Emmet Walsh
As Walt Yarborough
Meryl Streep
As Karen Silkwood
David Strathairn
As Wesley
Bruce McGill
As Mace Hurley
Will Patton
As Joe
Bill Cobbs
As Man in Lunchroom

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Karen Silkwood is a worker at a plutonium processing plant who becomes a whistleblower when she discovers dangerous safety violations at the facility. Despite intimidation and harassment from her employer, Karen risks everything to expose the truth and protect her fellow workers from radiation exposure. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a web of deceit and conspiracy that threatens her own life. With her personal relationships strained and her obsession with gathering evidence consuming her, Karen must decide how far she will go to reveal the truth. A tense and gripping drama based on a true story.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Silkwood include Witness, The Name of the Rose, Crimes of Passion, Fatal Attraction, Blue Velvet, After Hours.

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Silkwood was released in theaters on December 14, 1983.