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.
as Col. Chadwick
as Gen. Sanger
as Kathy Fitzgerald
as Maj. Hicks
as Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald
as Sgt. Swofford
as Sheriff Ben Harlen
as Pepper Martinelli
as A.C. Jones
as Colonel Brandon
as Clarence
as Penny Travers
as Colonel Canby
as Jennifer Fitzgerald
as T.J. Fitzgerald
as Sergeant Frank
as Gale Hunter
as Farmer
as Matilda Recer
as Radio Controller
as Doctor
as Airman
