During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanner. 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.
Ray Baker
as Col. Chadwick
Peter Boyle
as Gen. Sanger
Patricia Charbonneau
as Kathy Fitzgerald
Perry King
as Maj. Hicks
Michael O'Keefe
as Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald
Joe Spano
as Sgt. Swofford
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
