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The China Syndrome (1978)
Director: James Bridges
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Largely successful attempt to merge politics with Hollywood mainstream, as Fonda and Douglas play TV news-reporters latching on to a nuclear power scare about falsification and negligence of safety regulations. All a bit too earnest, despite the seriousness of the subject, with Fonda setting her jaw and stepping into father's footsteps as Tinseltown's very own protector of humanity; but it's tightly scripted and directed, and genuinely tense in places.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: James Bridges
Producer: Michael Douglas
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 122 mins
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