Acceptable Risks is a 1986 television film directed by Rick Wallace and written by Marvin A. Gluck.
Plot The film is set in the fictional city of Oakbridge, where a housing development was built near a chemical plant. Due to poor planning and safety standards, there is an explosion at the chemical plant that releases poisonous chemicals into the environment in a major disaster.
Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics who noted its heavy-handed environmental messaging. Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times noted that the film drew inspiration from the real life Bhopal disaster of 1984.
Cast
Brian Dennehy as Dan Sheppard, the chemical plant manager Cicely Tyson as Janet Framm, an Oakbridge city planner Kenneth McMillan as Wes Boggs, the plant's maintenance manager Christine Ebersole as Lee Snyder, an employee of the plant
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