# Contact mortel (1985)

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**Original title**: *Warning Sign*
**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Hal Barwood
**Written by**: Matthew Robbins, Hal Barwood
**Starring**: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Dysart, G.W. Bailey

> *Modern man. Science has given him the ultimate power to create new forms of life. But with that power comes overwhelming responsibility...and danger.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Utah. Dawn. A wisp of smoke. Within a high-security lab, a noxious cloud threatens a small town. The sheriff and lab employees must contain the outbreak. Cold War paranoia in day-glo.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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