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The Manhattan Project

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.

1986★ 6.2 · 1191h 58mScience FictionThriller

Overview

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

Robert Sean Leonard
as Max

Richard Jenkins
as Radiation Controls Officer

Timothy Carhart
as Relief Guard

John Mahoney
as Lt. Col. Conroy

Steve Blum
as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

Cynthia Nixon
as Jenny Anderman

Fred Melamed
as Howard

Peter McRobbie
as Electronics

Dan Butler
as SWAT

Al Cerullo
as Helicopter Pilot

Frank Ferrara Sr.
as SWAT

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6.2/ 10

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Release date: 1986-06-13

Budget: $18,000,000

Revenue: $3,900,000

Runtime: 1h 58m

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Science FictionThriller

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