Film

Acceptable Risks

1986 · 1h 32m · Drama · TV Movie

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

IMDb

5.8

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.

Brian Dennehy

Don Sheppard

Kenneth McMillan

Wes Boggs

Christine Ebersole

Lee Snyder

Beah Richards

Sally Framm

Richard Gilliland

David Kohler

Vic Polizos

Lou Keller

Peter Jurasik

Jack Morris

Cicely Tyson

Janet Framm

Patti Cohoon-Friedman

Ann Kohler

Steve Eastin

Jerry Haywood

Richard McKenzie

Mayor Earl Ross

Tom Simcox

Joe Reed

Scott Curtis

Kenny Kohler

Edan Gross

Jake Snyder

John Ingle

Dr. Shaw

Mary Gregory

Councilwoman

• Rick WallaceDirector
• Norman StrumWriter
• R. W. GoodwinProducer
• John McPhersonDirector of Photography
• Mark SnowOriginal Music Composer
• Michael JablowEditor
• Ross BrownCasting
• Mary WestCasting

Release date

March 2, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

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