The Manhattan Project

Jun 13, 1986

1h 58m

★ 6.2

Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.

Overview

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.

Genres

Science Fiction

Thriller

Production Companies

Gladden Entertainment

20th Century Fox

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Cast

John Mathewson

John Lithgow

Paul Stephens

Christopher Collet

Jenny Anderman

Cynthia Nixon

Elizabeth Stephens

Jill Eikenberry

Lt. Col. Conroy

John Mahoney

Radiation Controls Officer

Richard Jenkins

Max

Robert Sean Leonard

Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

Steve Blum

Jenny's Parent

Sarah Burke

Government Aide

Robert Schenkkan

Government Aide

Richard Council

Howard

Fred Melamed

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