Acceptable Risks

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

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

N/A

Patti Cohoon-Friedman

Ann Kohler

Steve Eastin

Jerry Haywood

Richard McKenzie

Mayor Earl Ross

Tom Simcox

Joe Reed