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Disaster at Silo 7
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Wikipedia article
'Disaster at Silo 7' is a 1988 American made-for-television thriller-drama film directed by Larry Elikann.Jeff Jarvis (November 28, 1988). [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100561,00.html "Picks and Pans Review: Disaster at Silo 7"]. 'People'. Vol. 30, No. 22. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
It is loosely based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion.
Plot
During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling socket. The film traces the efforts of the maintenance crew and associated military and civilian personnel to recover the potentially disastrous situation before the fuel tank is sufficiently depressurised that the stack collapses and explodes.[https://letterboxd.com/film/disaster-at-silo-7 "Disaster at Silo 7 (1988)"]. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
Cast
* Michael O'Keefe as Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald
* Perry King as Maj. Hicks
* Patricia Charbonneau as Kathy Fitzgerald
* Peter Boyle as Gen. Sanger
* Joe Spano as Sgt. Swofford
* Ray Baker as Col. Chadwick
* Dennis Weaver as Sheriff Ben Harlen
* Joe Urla as Pepper Martinelli
* Brent Jennings as A.C. Jones
* Christian Clemenson as Col. Brandon
* Ken Jenkins as Clarence
* Maureen Teefy as Penny Travers
Influence
Inspired by the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion, Jeffrey K. Kennedy, one of the main protagonists of the Damascus event, was a special technical advisor for this movie.
References
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