Silkwood 40 years old

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.

Silkwood

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.

Credits

Silkwood Cast

Name Character
David Strathairn He was 34, now 75 years old as Wesley
Bruce McGill He was 33, now 73 years old as Mace Hurley
James Rebhorn He was 35, 65 years old when he died as Los Alamos Doctor
Craig T. Nelson He was 39, now 79 years old as Winston
Meryl Streep She was 34, now 74 years old as Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell He was 32, now 73 years old as Drew Stephens
Diana Scarwid She was 28, now 68 years old as Angela
Ron Silver He was 37, 62 years old when he died as Paul Stone
Fred Ward He was 40, now 81 years old as Morgan
M. Emmet Walsh He was 48, now 89 years old as Walt Yarborough
Bill Cobbs He was 49, now 89 years old as Man in Lunchroom
Josef Sommer He was 49, now 89 years old as Max Richter
Cher She was 37, now 77 years old as Dolly Pelliker
Ray Baker He was 35, now 75 years old as Pete Dawson
Charles Hallahan He was 40, 54 years old when he died as Earl Lapin
J. C. Quinn He was 43, 63 years old when he died as Curtis Schultz
Richard Hamilton He was 61, 82 years old when he died as Georgie
Sudie Bond She was 55, 56 years old when she died as Thelma Rice
Les Lannom He was 37, now 77 years old as Jimmy
Graham Jarvis He was 53, 72 years old when he died as Doctor at Union Meeting
Kent Broadhurst He was 43, now 84 years old as Carl
Henderson Forsythe He was 66, 88 years old when he died as Quincy Bissell

Silkwood Crew

Name Department
Sam O'Steen as Editor. He was 60 (76) years old when He died Editing
Mary Goldberg as Casting. Production
Alice Arlen as Screenplay. She was 43 (75) years old when She died Writing
Larry Cano as Executive Producer. Production
Buzz Hirsch as Executive Producer. Production
Ann Roth as Costume Design. She was 52 (now 92) years old Costume & Make-Up
Silkwood poster
Silkwood (40 years)

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.

  • Release day: Wednesday, December 14, 1983
  • Runtime: 131 minutes
  • Budget: 10000000.00
  • Revenue: 35600000.00