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China Syndrome (The)
- Director: James Bridges
- Writer: Mike Gray; T.S. Cook
- Producer: Michael Douglas; Bruce Gilbert
CGiii Comment
Hollywood certainly knows how to capitalise on paranoia.
With a gay director at the helm, the paranoia is thoroughly and effectively exploited...this is just stark storytelling - with no distractions, no soundtrack to beef up the tension.
Lemmon gives, perhaps, his best performance.
One of the best thrillers of the 70s.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicise the incident but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Cast & Characters
Jane Fonda as Kimberly Wells;
Jack Lemmon as Jack Godell;
Michael Douglas as Richard Adams;
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