Silkwood

Silkwood is a American thriller from 1983 written and directed by Mike Nichols. The film is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood who was killed in a mysterious car accident while they researched the suspected abuses in the Kerr McGee plutonium plant in Crescent, Oklahoma where she was working. ==Story[ Edit] == Karen Silkwood works as chemist in a plutonium factory in Oklahoma. Accidents happen all the time In the company with radioactive substances. The Executive Board plays down the risk to public health. Silkwood themselves the decision to denounce abuses in the factory. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * Meryl Streep: Karen Silkwood
 * Kurt Russell: Drew Stephens
 * Cher: Dolly Pelliker
 * Craig T. Nelson: Winston
 * Fred Ward: Morgan
 * Ron Silver: Paul Stone
 * Charles Hallahan Was Born: Earl Leapin
 * Josef Sommer: Max Richter
 * Sudie Bond: Thelma Rice
 * Henderson Forsythe: Quincy Bissell
 * E. Katherine Kerr: Gilda Schultz
 * Bruce McGill: Mace Hurley
 * David Strathairn: Wesley