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Quick Info

Rating

7.2/10

Release1979

Runtime2h 2m

StatusReleased

Budget$5,900,000

Revenue$51,718,367

Production

Columbia Pictures

IPC Films

Movie

The China Syndrome

1979

2h 2m

7.2

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

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.

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