Robin Cook's Acceptable Risk (2001) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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A young woman, Kim Welles, inherits a 300-year-old house near Salem, Massachusetts, a house that once belonged to an ancestor, a woman hanged for witchcraft. While her husband, ambitious biochemist Edward Welles, is remodeling the house, he finds a mold growing in the dirt that could be the cure to

Cast & Crew

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William Graham

Chad Lowe

Kelly Rutherford

Kim Welles/ Elizabeth

Sean Patrick Flanery

Patty Mccormack

Danielle Von Zerneck

Film Details

Also Known As

Acceptable Risk

Genre

Adaptation

Thriller

Release Date

2001

Production Company

CFI Hollywood; Panavision, Ltd.; Todd-Ao

Distribution Company

Artisan Home Entertainment

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Synopsis

A young woman, Kim Welles, inherits a 300-year-old house near Salem, Massachusetts, a house that once belonged to an ancestor, a woman hanged for witchcraft. While her husband, ambitious biochemist Edward Welles, is remodeling the house, he finds a mold growing in the dirt that could be the cure to a number of brain disorders and diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. As he skirts the rules and tests the mold on himself, his friend Bobby and other members of his research team, they come to realize that its potential benefits are countered by horrifying side effects, dangerous personality changes similar to those that eventually led Kim's ancestor to the gallows. When he begins hallucinating and people begin to die under strange circumstances, he discovers that his experiences are connected with the residents of Salem three centuries earlier and that the mold unleaches a demonic terror inside humans.

Director

William Graham

Cast

Chad Lowe

Kelly Rutherford

Kim Welles/ Elizabeth

Sean Patrick Flanery

Patty Mccormack

Danielle Von Zerneck

Phillip Troy Linger

Yanna Macintosh

Joy Tanner

Scott Hylands

Bruce Mcfee

Jon Ted Wynne

Arne Macpherson

Annabel Graham

Matt Kippen

Tony Ursini

Helicopter Pilot

Christian Potenza

James Bulliard

Joan Gregson

Nancy Drake

Chad Bruce

Crew

Greg Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stephen Arndt

Ted Babcock

Micky Blythe

Chris Boardman

Brandee Brooks

Jessie Burns

Script Supervisor

Robin Cook

Book As Source Material ("Acceptable Risk")

Olaf Dux

Construction Coordinator

Martha Fainberg

Casting Assistant (Los Angeles)

Robert Florio

Robert Florio

Terri Fricon

Music Supervisor

Anastasia Geras

Production Coordinator

Rebecca Gibson

Casting (Winnipeg)

Susan Glicksman

Eyal Gordin

Director Of Photography

Robert L Harman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald Lee Harris

Karl Jason

Assistant Director

Ed Kalnins

Rtjean Labrie

Stanka Luna

Linda Madden

Costume Designer

Bill Mills

Steve Morrison

Michael J Murray

Louise O'brien-moran

Location Manager

Barry Olafson

Alan Pakarnyk

Property Master

John Rainey

Assistant Director

Deanne Rohde

Production Designer

Peter Sadowski

Dino Schiavone

Robert M. Sertner

Executive Producer

Rick Skene

Stunt Coordinator

Maureen Squillace

Randy Sutter

Vonnie Von Helmolt

Production Manager

Frank Von Zerneck

Executive Producer

Clare Walker

Casting (Toronto)

Joyce Wold

Film Details

Also Known As

Acceptable Risk

Genre

Adaptation

Thriller

Release Date

2001

Production Company

CFI Hollywood; Panavision, Ltd.; Todd-Ao

Distribution Company

Artisan Home Entertainment

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States October 21, 2001

Originally in development at NBC for 1997-1998 season.

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