---
title: 'The China Syndrome (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Bridges'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-china-syndrome-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The China Syndrome (1979)

1979 · 117 min · Drama, Action, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. The film stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and Michael Douglas. It follows a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. "China syndrome" is a term that describes a fictional result of a nuclear meltdown, where reactor fuel melts through reactor containment structures and into the underlying earth, "all the way to China".

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Michael Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-douglas)
- **Director:** [James Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bridges)
- **Screenplay:** [James Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bridges), [Mike Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-gray), [T. S. Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-s-cook)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stephen Bishop](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-bishop)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Crabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-crabe)

## Cast

- [Khalilah Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/khalilah-ali)
- [Lewis Arquette](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-arquette)
- [Jane Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-fonda)
- [Peter Donat](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-donat)
- [Scott Brady](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-brady)
- [James Karen](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-karen)
- [Wilford Brimley](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilford-brimley)
- [Jack Lemmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lemmon) as Jack Godell
- [Michael Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-douglas)
- [James Hampton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hampton)
- [Richard Herd](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-herd)

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