Acceptable Risks
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
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
Patti Cohoon-Friedman
as Ann Kohler
Richard McKenzie
as Mayor Earl Ross
