Acceptable Risks

March. 02,1986      
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

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Reviews

Noutions
1986/03/02

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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Stevecorp
1986/03/03

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Sexyloutak
1986/03/04

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Anoushka Slater
1986/03/05

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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