Acceptable Risks
Acceptable Risks
Release: 1986-03-02
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 4.2
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
ABC
ABC Circle Films
Cast
Sherry McFarland
as Woman #2 at Hospital
John Ingle
as Dr. Shaw
Richard Livingston
as Police Chief
Christine Ebersole
as Lee Snyder
Peter Jurasik
as Jack Morris
Steve Eastin
as Jerry Haywood
Scott Curtis
as Kenny Kohler
Brian Dennehy
as Don Sheppard
Kenneth McMillan
as Wes Boggs
Edan Gross
as Jake Snyder
Richard Gilliland
as David Kohler
Mary Gregory
as Councilwoman
Jeffrey Lampert
as Man #2 at Hospital
Vic Polizos
as Lou Keller
Richard McKenzie
as Mayor Earl Ross
Brenda Hillhouse
as Nurse
Beah Richards
as Sally Framm
Cicely Tyson
as Janet Framm
Scott St. James
as Second Announcer
Tom Simcox
as Joe Reed
