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The China Syndrome (1978)

Director: James Bridges

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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

Time Out Film Guide

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The China Syndrome

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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