19 Oct 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Silkwood
On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
Top Billed Cast
Meryl Streep Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell Drew Stephens
Cher Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson Winston
Fred Ward Morgan
Diana Scarwid Angela
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
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