The China Syndrome
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.
Jane Fonda
Kimberly Wells
Jack Lemmon
Jack Godell
Michael Douglas
Richard Adams
Scott Brady
Herman De Young
James Hampton
Bill Gibson
Peter Donat
Don Jacovich
Wilford Brimley
Ted Spindler
Richard Herd
Evan McCormack
Daniel Valdez
Hector Salas
Stan Bohrman
Pete Martin
James Karen
Mac Churchill
Michael Alaimo
Greg Minor
Donald Hotton
Dr. Lowell
Khalilah Ali
Marge
Paul Larson
D.B. Royce
Ron Lombard
Barney
Tom Eure
Tommy
Nick Pellegrino
Borden
Daniel Lewk
Donny
Allan Chinn
Holt
Martin Fiscoe
Control Guard
Alan Kaul
TV Director
Michael Mann
TV Consultant
David Eisenbise
Technical Director
Frank Cavestani
News Reporter
Reuben Collins
Sportscaster
E. Hampton Beagle
Mort
David Pfeiffer
David
Lewis Arquette
Hatcher
Dennis McMullen
Robertson
Rita Taggart
Rita Jacovich
James Hall
Harmon
Carol Schlanger
Waitress
Trudy Lane
Alma Spindler
Jack Smith Jr.
Tom
David Arnsen
KXLA Cameraman
Betty Harford
Woman at Demonstration
Donald Bishop
Hearings Chairman
Al Baietti
Pro-Nuclear Witness
Diandra Morrell
Sasha
Darrell Larson
Young Demonstrator
Roger Pancake
Gate Guard
Joe Lowry
Security Agent
Harry M. Williams
Fire Rescue
Dennis Barker
Jaws of Life
Joseph Garcia
Highway Patrolman
James Kline
Jim
Alan Beckwith
Technician
Clay Hodges
SWAT Squad Leader
Val Clenard
Self
Robert A. Bowen
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Robert Buckingham
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Philip Dayton
Young Photographer (uncredited)
Paul DeCeglie
Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Peter Eastman
Reporter (uncredited)
Bart Greene
Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Board Member (uncredited)
Stephen M. Kienzle
Swat Shooter (uncredited)
Paul LeClair
Board Member (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Hank Robinson
Reporter (uncredited)
George Simmons
Waiter (uncredited)
Robert S. Woods
Man (uncredited)
Michael Douglas
Producer
Sally Dennison
Casting
James Crabe
Director of Photography
Arthur Jeph Parker
Set Decoration
James Bridges
Screenplay
David Rawlins
Editor
George Jenkins
Production Design
Donfeld
Costume Design
James Bridges
Director
Mike Gray
Screenplay
T.S. Cook
Screenplay
Bruce Gilbert
Executive Producer
James Nelson
Associate Producer
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects Camera
Bruce Mattox
Special Effects Assistant
Eddie Marks
Costumer
Eileen Peterson
Publicist
Joel Chernoff
Second Unit Director
Matthew Yuricich
Matte Painter
Reynaldo Villalobos
Additional Camera
S. Bruce Wineinger
Construction Foreman
Lorane Mitchell
Sound Effects Editor
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
R. Chris Westlund
Leadman
Gene Corso
Sound Effects Editor
John Szajner
Second Assistant Camera
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costumer
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Craig Pinkard
Transportation Coordinator
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Mary McGlone
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Edward Baken
Transportation Captain
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Robert Duggan
Best Boy Grip
Ronnie Kramer
Production Secretary
Don Schoenfeld
Makeup Artist
Mike Sweeten
Camera Operator
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Kim Kurumada
First Assistant Director
Marvin E. Lewis
Boom Operator
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Boddicker
Musician
Bruce Nahin
Production Assistant
Terry E. Lewis
Property Master
Rudy Reachi
Assistant Property Master
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daryl Smith
Best Boy Electric
Stanzi Stokes
Casting Assistant
Marty P. Ewing
Production Assistant
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Robert Isenberg
Assistant Camera
James A. Dennett
Production Manager
Robert W. Harris
Cableman
Francesca Emerson
Assistant Editor
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
James Nelson
Unit Production Manager
Samuel C. Crutcher
Assistant Sound Editor
Bryce Guy Williams
Stunt Double
Tom Prophet Jr.
Key Grip
Fred J. Brown
Sound Effects Editor
James O. Blair
Gaffer
Douglas E. Stoll
Location Manager
Barrie M. Osborne
Second Assistant Director