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The China Syndrome

“People who know the meaning of "The China Syndrome" are scared... Soon you will know.”

1979 · 2 h 2 min
Directed by James Bridges
DramaThriller

Cast

Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat

Credits

Written by: Mike Gray

Plot

A television reporter and her cameraman witness an accident at a nuclear power plant, and an engineer discovers that the plant is unsafe and that the owners are covering it up, in a tense thriller released just before Three Mile Island.

Sinekatalog’s take

A tense and prophetic thriller with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (36,370 votes)
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