After leaving '' The Streets of San Francisco '' in 1976 , Douglas played a hospital doctor in the medical thriller '' Coma '' ( 1978 ) , and in 1979 he played the role of a troubled marathon runner in '' Running '' . In 1979 , he both produced and starred in '' The China Syndrome '' , a dramatic film co-starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon about a nuclear power plant accident ( the Three Mile Island accident took place 12 days after the film 's release ) . The film was considered " one of the most intelligent Hollywood films of the 1970s "
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Michael Douglas