Acceptable Risks

Mar 2, 1986

1h 32m

★ 4.3

A disaster beyond imagination... and they said it could never happen.

Overview

The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Don Sheppard

Brian Dennehy

Wes Boggs

Kenneth McMillan

Lee Snyder

Christine Ebersole

Sally Framm

Beah Richards

David Kohler

Richard Gilliland

Lou Keller

Vic Polizos

Jack Morris

Peter Jurasik

Janet Framm

Cicely Tyson

Ann Kohler

Patti Cohoon-Friedman

Mayor Earl Ross

Richard McKenzie

Joe Reed

Tom Simcox

Kenny Kohler

Scott Curtis

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