Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: Sometimes it’s too late to tell the truth.
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Release Date: 1979-03-16
- Runtime: 122.0 min
- Budget: $5.9 million
- Revenue: $51.7 million
- Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, IPC Films
Cast & Crew
Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez, Stan Bohrman, James Karen, Michael Alaimo, Donald Hotton, Khalilah Ali, Paul Larson, Ron Lombard, Tom Eure, Nick Pellegrino, Daniel Lewk, Allan Chinn, Martin Fiscoe, Alan Kaul, Michael Mann, David Eisenbise, Frank Cavestani, Reuben Collins, E. Hampton Beagle, David Pfeiffer, Lewis Arquette, Dennis McMullen, Rita Taggart, James Hall, Carol Schlanger, Trudy Lane, Jack Smith Jr.-David Arnsen, Betty Harford, Donald Bishop, Al Baietti, Diandra Morrell, Darrell Larson, Roger Pancake, Joe Lowry, Harry M. Williams, Dennis Barker, Joseph Garcia, James Kline, Alan Beckwith, Clay Hodges, Val Clenard, Robert A. Bowen, Robert Buckingham, John Philip Dayton, Paul DeCeglie, Peter Eastman, Bart Greene, Michael Jeffers, Stephen M. Kienzle, Paul LeClair, Monty O’Grady, Ray Pourchot, Hank Robinson, George Simmons, Nico Stevens, Manny Weltman, Robert S. Woods
Synopsis – What to Expect from “The China Syndrome”
The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film directed by James Bridges and starring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and Michael Douglas. The film tells the story of a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant.
The film begins with the introduction of television reporter Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) and her cameraman Richard Adams (Michael Douglas). Kim and Richard are sent to cover a story at the Ventana Nuclear Power Plant, located in Southern California. While there, they witness a minor accident in the plant’s control room and become suspicious of the plant’s safety regulations.
Meanwhile, Jack Godell (Jack Lemmon), a plant engineer, begins to have doubts about the safety of the plant. After noticing some unusual readings on the control room monitors, Jack decides to investigate further. He discovers that the plant is in danger of a meltdown, a situation that could cause a catastrophic nuclear accident.
Jack attempts to alert the public to the danger, but his warnings are ignored. He then contacts Kim and Richard and asks them to help him expose the truth. The three of them work together to uncover evidence of a cover-up and alert the public to the danger.
The film culminates with a tense scene in which the plant is on the brink of a meltdown. Jack, Kim, and Richard must race against time to prevent disaster. In the end, they manage to avert the meltdown and expose the truth
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