The Manhattan Project (1986)

Name: The Manhattan Project
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1986-06-13
Duration: 118 min
Cast: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney

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.

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.

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Released 1986-06-13 · 118 min · Science Fiction, Thriller

Directed by Marshall Brickman

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
Fred Melamed as Howard
Ned Eisenberg as C-4 Guy (uncredited)
Richard Council as Government Aide