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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller Actors: Anthony Heald, Bill Cobbs, Bruce McGill, Charles Hallahan, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, David Strathairn, Diana Scarwid, Drew Stephens, E. Katherine Kerr, Fred Ward, Gary Grubbs, Graham Jarvis, Henderson Forsythe, J.C. Quinn, James Rebhorn, Josef Sommer, Kent Broadhurst, Kurt Russell, Les Lannom, M. Emmet Walsh, Meryl Streep, Ray Baker, Richard Hamilton, Ron Silver, Sudie Bond, Tess Harper, Tom Stovall, Will Patton Directors: Mike Nichols Production: ABC Pictures