"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."
Meryl Streep
as Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
as Drew Stephens
Cher
as Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
as Winston
Fred Ward
as Morgan
Diana Scarwid
as Angela
Ron Silver
as Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
as Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer
as Max Richter
Sudie Bond
as Thelma Rice
Henderson Forsythe
as Quincy Bissell
E. Katherine Kerr
as Gilda Schultz
Bruce McGill
as Mace Hurley
David Strathairn
as Wesley
J.C. Quinn
as Curtis Schultz
Kent Broadhurst
as Carl
Richard Hamilton
as Georgie
Les Lannom
as Jimmy
M. Emmet Walsh
as Walt Yarborough
Graham Jarvis
as Doctor at Union Meeting
James Rebhorn
as Los Alamos Doctor
Bill Cobbs
as Man in Lunchroom
Ray Baker
as Pete Dawson
Will Patton
as Joe
Tom Stovall
as 3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Drew Stephens
as Waiter (uncredited)
Tess Harper
as Linda Dawson
Anthony Heald
as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Gary Grubbs
as Randy Fox
Mike Nichols
Director
Sam O'Steen
Editor
Nora Ephron
Screenplay
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Production Design
Producer
Buzz Hirsch
Executive Producer
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Michael Hausman
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Alice Arlen
Larry Cano
Mary Goldberg
Casting
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Dick Warlock
Stunt Double
Gary Paul
Stunt Coordinator
Randy Fife
Stunts
Joel Tuber
Associate Producer
First Assistant Director
Russ Goble
Property Master
Second Assistant Director
Derek R. Hill
Set Decoration
Pam Hausman
Assistant Production Design
Tom Priestley Jr.
Camera Operator
Richard Brick
Production Manager
Dennis W. Peeples
Herb Jellinek
Executive In Charge Of Production
Ken Walker
Assistant Property Master
John Dapper
Assistant Art Director
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer