Movie
The Manhattan Project (1986)
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.
Science Fiction · Thriller
Story
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.
Director: Marshall Brickman Starring: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry
The Manhattan Project 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