The China Syndrome (1979)

Movie
The China Syndrome (1979)

1979 | Drama | Thriller

122 mins United States

A news reporter (Jane Fonda) and her cameraman (Michael Douglas) are unintentional witnesses to a SCRAM incident, an emergency core shutdown procedure at a nuclear power plant in California. The crew prevents a catastrophe, but the plant supervisor (Jack Lemmon) begins to suspect the plant is in violation of safety standards, and tries desperately to bring it to the attention of the public, fearing that another SCRAM incident will produce an atomic disaster.



Produced by Columbia Pictures
Director James Bridges
Writer Mike Gray, James Bridges and T.S. Cook
Cast Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley, Richard Herd and Daniel Valdez

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