Acceptable Risks
5.9
“A disaster beyond imagination... and they said it could never happen.”
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.
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Brian Dennehy
Don Sheppard
Known for
Ratatouille
First Blood
Kenneth McMillan
Wes Boggs
Known for
Salem's Lot
Cat's Eye
Rick Wallace
Also in
Dirty Games
Norman Strum
R. W. Goodwin
Christine Ebersole
Lee Snyder
Known for
The Wolf of Wall Street
Amadeus
Beah Richards
Sally Framm
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
In the Heat of the Night
Richard Gilliland
David Kohler
Known for
Star Kid
Imposters
Vic Polizos
Lou Keller
Known for
Graveyard Shift
Night of the Creeps
Peter Jurasik
Jack Morris
Known for
Babylon 5
Tron
Cicely Tyson
Janet Framm
Known for
The Help
Fried Green Tomatoes
Patti Cohoon-Friedman
Ann Kohler
Also in
Playing Patti
Moonlighting
Rick Wallace Director · Norman Strum Writer Mark Snow Composer
United States release March 2, 1986 · Produced in United States · Production ABC Circle Films, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
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ABC
Production
ABC Circle Films
Production
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 2, 1986
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Germany
October 14, 1991
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