The Manhattan Project (1986)

6.2/10 118 min Science Fiction Thriller

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.

Cast

John Lithgow

John Mathewson

Christopher Collet

Paul Stephens

Cynthia Nixon

Jenny Anderman

Jill Eikenberry

Elizabeth Stephens

John Mahoney

Lt. Col. Conroy

Richard Jenkins

Radiation Controls Officer

Sully Boyar

Night Guard

Timothy Carhart

Relief Guard

Gregg Edelman

Science Teacher

JD Cullum

Eccles (as John David Cullum)

Robert Sean Leonard

Max

Fred Melamed

Howard

Ned Eisenberg

C-4 Guy (uncredited)

Richard Council

Government Aide

Robert Schenkkan

Government Aide

Steve Blum

Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

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