Movie
The China Syndrome
Overview
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-03-16
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, IPC Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jane Fonda as Kimberly Wells
- Michael Douglas as Richard Adams
- Jack Lemmon as Jack Godell
- Scott Brady as Herman De Young
- James Hampton as Bill Gibson
- Peter Donat as Don Jacovich
- Wilford Brimley as Ted Spindler
- Richard Herd as Evan McCormack
- Daniel Valdez as Hector Salas
- Stan Bohrman as Pete Martin
- James Karen as Mac Churchill
- Michael Alaimo as Greg Minor
Crew
- James Bridges - Director
- Mike Gray - Writer
- T.S. Cook - Writer
- James Bridges - Writer
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