Directed by Mike Nichols Written by Nora Ephron   Alice Arlen   Cast Meryl Streep ... Karen Silkwood Kurt Russell ... Drew Stephens Cher ... Dolly Pelliker Craig T. Nelson ... Winston Diana Scarwid ... Angela Fred Ward ... Morgan Ron Silver ... Paul Stone Charles Hallahan ... Earl Lapin Josef Sommer ... Max Richter Sudie Bond ... Thelma Rice Henderson Forsythe ... Quincy Bissell E. Katherine Kerr ... Gilda Schultz Bruce McGill ... Mace Hurley David Strathairn ... Wesley J.C. Quinn ... Curtis Schultz Kent Broadhurst ... Carl Richard Hamilton ... Georgie Les Lannom ... Jimmy M. Emmet Walsh ... Walt Yarborough Graham Jarvis ... Doctor at Union Meeting James Rebhorn ... Los Alamos Doctor Ray Baker ... Pete Dawson Michael Bond ... 2nd Los Alamos Doctor Bill Cobbs ... Man in Lunchroom Norman Colvin ... Zachary (as Norm Colvin) Haskell Craver ... Ham Kathie Dean ... Stewardess Gary Grubbs ... Randy Fox Susan McDaniel ... Karen's Child Tana Hensley ... Karen's Child Anthony Fernandez ... Karen's Child Betty Harper ... May Bissell Tess Harper ... Linda Dawson Anthony Heald ... 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting Nancy Hopton ... Nurse Betty King ... Nurse Dan Lindsey ... Man at Fence John Martin ... Man with Flashlight Will Patton ... Joe Vern Porter ... Bill Charlton Christopher Saylors ... Buddy Don Slatton ... Man in Moonsuit (as Don Slaton) Tom Stovall ... 3rd Los Alamos Doctor Uncredited Cast John Addington ... Airline passenger Jim Beaver ... Plant Manager Pamela Clay ... Woman in Bar Produced by Larry Cano   Michael Hausman   Buzz Hirsch   Mike Nichols   Tom Stovall   Joel Tuber   Original Music by Georges Delerue

Additional Info Premiere: December 12, 1983 Theatrical Release: December 14, 1983 DVD Release: June 15, 1999 Blu-ray Release: July 25, 2017 Country: Distributor: Kino Video Websites: Production Companies ABC Motion Pictures (presents) Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1983) (USA) (theatrical) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1987) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) Summa Video   (USA) (video) Image Entertainment   (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (VHS) (Widescreen) (clamshell) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (1999) (USA) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Kino Lorber   (2017) (USA) (DVD) Kino Lorber   (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,497 / 20,873 Site Ranking #3,493 8-Bit Christmas (2021) #3,494 Higher Learning (1995) #3,495 Redbelt (2008) #3,496 My Soul To Take (2010) #3,497 Silkwood (1983) #3,498 The Delta Force (1986) #3,499 Frosty The Snowman (1969) #3,500 From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series: Season 2 (2015) #3,501 From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series: Season 1 (2014)