
The Manhattan Project
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.
Release Date: 1986-06-13
Science Fiction
Thriller
★★★★★★★★★★ (103 votes)
Casts

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

Robert Sean Leonard
as Max

Steve Blum
as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

Robert Schenkkan
as Government Aide

Richard Council
as Government Aide