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Silkwood

1984·2h 11m·R
DramaBiographyThrillerHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.1/10
24,760 votes
Metascore
65
Metacritic

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.

Silkwood is a 1984 drama biography movie directed by Mike Nichols, starring Cher, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 24,760 votes and runs 2h 11m.

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Director
Mike Nichols
Stars
Cher
Kurt Russell
Meryl Streep
Craig T. Nelson
Details
1984-01-27
131 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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