The Manhattan Project (1986)
The Manhattan Project is a 1986 science fiction movie directed by Marshall Brickman, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars John Lithgow, Christopher Collet and Cynthia Nixon.
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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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
- Abraham Unger as Roland
- Robert Sean Leonard as Max