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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.

6.2(119)1h 58m1986-06-13

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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.

Director:: Marshall Brickman
Writers:: Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman
Producers:: Jennifer Ogden, Marshall Brickman, Bruce McNall
Cinematographer:: Billy Williams
Composer:: Philippe Sarde
Production:: Gladden Entertainment
Budget:: $18,000,000
Revenue:: $3,900,000
Status:: Released

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Cast

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

John Mathewson

Christopher Collet

Christopher Collet

Paul Stephens

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

Jenny Anderman

Jill Eikenberry

Jill Eikenberry

Elizabeth Stephens

John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Lt. Col. Conroy

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Radiation Controls Officer

Sully Boyar

Sully Boyar

Night Guard

Timothy Carhart

Timothy Carhart

Relief Guard

Gregg Edelman

Gregg Edelman

Science Teacher

JD Cullum

JD Cullum

Eccles (as John David Cullum)

Abraham Unger

Abraham Unger

Roland (as Abe Unger)

Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard

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