Le syndrome chinois
(1979)
The China Syndrome
Today, only a handful of people know what it means... Soon you will know.
Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton
Director: James Bridges
Writer: Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges
Language: English
Studio: IPC Films
Duration: 122
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.
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 (as Carol Helvey) |
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 | Val Clenard |
Peter Paul Eastman | Reporter (uncredited) |
Robert S. Woods | (uncredited) |
James Crabe | Cinematographer |
David Rawlins | Editor |
Sally Dennison | Casting Director |
George Jenkins | Production Designer |
Arthur Jeph Parker | Set Decorator |
Donfeld | Custome Designer |
Bernadine M. Anderson | makeup artist: Ms. Fonda |
Kaye Pownall | Hairstylist |
Don Schoenfeld | Makeup Artist |
James Nelson | Unit Production Manager |
James A. Dennett | Production Manager |
Kim Kurumada | first assistant director |
Barrie M. Osborne | second assistant director |
Joel Chernoff | second unit director |
Rafael Caro | art department staff |
Rick Carter | art department staff (as Richard Carter Jr.) |
Joseph Hurley | art department staff (as Joe Hurley) |
Terry E. Lewis | property master |
William Maldonado | construction coordinator |
Richard McKenzie | art department staff |
Rudy Reachi | assistant prop man |
Ray Villalobos Sr. | paint foreman (as Reynaldo Villalobos) |
R. Chris Westlund | lead man (as Chris Westlund) |
S. Bruce Wineinger | construction foreman |
William Ladd Skinner | Set Designer |
Fred J. Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
Willie D. Burton | Sound mixer |
Gene Corso | Sound Effects Editor |
Les Fresholtz | re-recording mixer |
Marvin E. Lewis | Boom Operator |
Mary McGlone | Sound Effects Editor |
Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Lorane Mitchell | Sound Effects Editor |
Arthur Piantadosi | re-recording mixer |
Samuel C. Crutcher | assistant sound editor |
Bruce Mattox | special effects assistant |
Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
Richard Edlund | miniature photography |
Michael L. Fink | electronic consultant (as Mike Fink) |
Richard E. Hollander | electronic consultant (as Richard Hollander) |
James F. Liles | special photographic effects |
Matthew Yuricich | matte paintings |
Stuart Ziff | electronic effects |
Bob Harris | stunt coordinator (as Bobby Harris) |
Carey Loftin | Stunt Coordinator |
Hubie Kerns Jr. | stunt driver (uncredited) |
Bryce Guy Williams | stunt double: Jack Lemmon |
James O. Blair | Gaffer |
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Media: DVD
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0078966