
Fail Safe(2000)
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Martin Sheen stars as an American newsman in Rome who begins to investigate the appearance of several corpses found throughout Europe with their hands cut off. He soon uncovers not only plots of plutonium theft, but also of nuclear arms deals and dark political schemes.

Martin Sheen
Frank Magenta

Véronique Jannot
Catherine

Jacques Perrin
Steuben

David Birney
Scanzano

Paolo Bonacelli
Morelli

Kent Broadhurst
Davis

Horst Buchholz
Limey Pimlet

Bradley Cole
Harrison
Ron De Roxtra
Charlie

Nik Hagler
Sam
Touch and Die is a tv movie, thriller film released in 1991 exploring themes of newspaper, journalist, smuggling (contraband), rome, italy, plutonium, atomic bomb. Directed by Piernico Solinas, it stars Martin Sheen, Véronique Jannot, Jacques Perrin. Martin Sheen stars as an American newsman in Rome who begins to investigate the appearance of several corpses found throughout Europe with their hands cut off. He soon uncovers not only plots of plutonium theft, but also of nuclear arms deals and dark political schemes.
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