Acceptable Risks (1986)

Acceptable Risks (1986)

A disaster beyond imagination... and they said it could never happen. 1986-03-02 92 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Brian Dennehy is Don Sheppard
Don Sheppard
Kenneth McMillan is Wes Boggs
Christine Ebersole is Lee Snyder
Beah Richards is Sally Framm
Sally Framm
Richard Gilliland is David Kohler
David Kohler
Vic Polizos is Lou Keller
Lou Keller
Peter Jurasik is Jack Morris
Jack Morris
Cicely Tyson is Janet Framm
Janet Framm
Richard McKenzie is Mayor Earl Ross
Mayor Earl Ross
Tom Simcox is Joe Reed
Joe Reed
Scott Curtis is Kenny Kohler
Kenny Kohler