The Manhattan Project (1986)
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.
- Released
- 1986-06-13
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Thriller
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Marshall Brickman
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 122 votes
Cast
- John Lithgow as John Mathewson
- Christopher Collet as Paul Stephens
- Cynthia Nixon as Jenny Anderman
- Jill Eikenberry as Elizabeth Stephens
- John Mahoney as Lt. Col. Conroy
- Richard Jenkins as Radiation Controls Officer
- Sully Boyar as Night Guard
- Timothy Carhart as Relief Guard
- Gregg Edelman as Science Teacher
- JD Cullum as Eccles (as John David Cullum)
- Abraham Unger as Roland (as Abe Unger)
- Robert Sean Leonard as Max