Disaster at Silo 7 is a 1988 American made-for-television thriller-drama film directed by Larry Elikann.
It is loosely based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion.
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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.
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.