| Genre | Drama Science Fiction Thriller |
|---|---|
| Writer | Douglas Lloyd McIntosh |
| Director | Larry Elikann |
| Starring | Michael O'Keefe Perry King Peter Boyle Patricia Charbonneau |
| Music | Mark Snow |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Producer | Julian Krainin |
| Executive producer | Mark Carliner |
| Editor | Peter V. White |
| Cinematography | Roy H. Wagner |
| Runtime | 96 minutes |
| Company | Mark Carliner Productions |
| Network | ABC |
| Released | November 27, 1988 |
Disaster at Silo 7 is a 1988 American made-for-television thriller-drama film directed by Larry Elikann.[1][2] 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.[3]
Cast
- Michael O'Keefe as Sergeant Mike Fitzgerald
- Perry King as Major Hicks
- Patricia Charbonneau as Kathy Fitzgerald
- Peter Boyle as General Sanger
- Joe Spano as Sergeant Swofford
- Ray Baker as Colonel Chadwick
- Dennis Weaver as Sheriff Ben Harlen
- Joe Urla as Pepper Martinelli
- Brent Jennings as A.C. Jones
- Christian Clemenson as Colonel 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
- ^ Jeff Jarvis (November 28, 1988). "Picks and Pans Review: Disaster at Silo 7". People. Vol. 30, No. 22. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ Don Shirley (November 25, 1988). "Television Reviews : Missile Explosion Is Reenacted in ABC Movie". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "Disaster at Silo 7 (1988)". Retrieved January 6, 2017.
External links
- Disaster at Silo 7 at IMDb