Acceptable Risks 1986

Acceptable Risks (1986) is a Drama and TV Movie film from the United States in the lookmovie catalog, running 1h 32m. Directed by Rick Wallace, it features Brian Dennehy and Kenneth McMillan. Viewers rate it 4.5/10 from 6 votes. 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.