Silkwood 1983 Movie

IMDB Rating 7.2  (17K)
A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant. More details

Directors

Mike Nichols

Cast

Meryl StreepKurt RussellCher

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